Lin Gao Qiming

Chapter 2088 Zhaoqing Restoration ([-])

The joy of surviving, the confusion about the future, and the anxiety about the unknown, all these kinds of things flowed into my heart all at once, and lingered for a long time.

Sun Shiwan is dead, and the officials who have been riding on our heads for generations have died or escaped.The garrison was also dismantled, and some of the residents in the garrison fled with their families - for them, the garrison was an endless hell from which they could never escape.They don't believe that they can be liberated, and they are afraid that one day the court will call back and they will still have to live the dark days of being oppressed.

But for most people, it is gratifying to lose oppression, but the future is very uncertain. The governor has gone, and the government is gone.what should we do?
There are only two ways for the military households to make a living: either farming in the garrison, or fighting as a battalion.The Australians are here, do they still want us to farm and serve as soldiers?

I heard from Uncle Jizai that Australian soldiers are all recruited, and there is no such thing as military households.Now that the military household system is gone, how can we people live on it?You must know that all the land in the village is "official land".Not a cent is ours.

If the Australians take the "official land" and don't want us to be soldiers, how will we people live.

In this way, I wandered along the street with the crowd in a mood of joy and bewilderment.

The streets were noisy, although all the officials in Zhaoqing had run away, but there were many young and middle-aged men wearing red cuffs with the words "law and order" on the streets. , to frighten Xiaoxiao, and it is said that many ruffians who were trying to take advantage of the chaos to rob were arrested.They were all dragged to the gallows at the gate of the city and hanged.

So although there were many people on the street, there was no riot.I saw Dianshi in the Gaoyao County Yamen on the street, and he also wore blue sleeves shouting there to maintain order.

Uncle Chicken has not been at home since last night, and no one knows where he has gone.I wandered the streets to see if I could find him - ask about Aussies, he's our go-to guy.If you find him, you may be able to know the answer to many questions.At that time, I had a vague feeling: Uncle Chicken is actually an Australian masterpiece.

This kind of speculation has been going on since the moment I heard that the Fubo Army recovered Guangzhou. From then on, Uncle Jizai often didn’t go home for a few days. When he came back, he always had a smile on his mouth—— Everyone was flustered, because no one knew whether the flames of war would extend to Zhaoqing.Fighting a war is not only a heavy task for the military households who want to send troops, but also a "catastrophe" that will destroy their families all the time for the common people.

But Uncle Chicken is always calm.Advise everyone not to be afraid.It is said that "when there is chaos, the world will soon be peaceful".At that time, I thought it was just empty words with good wishes, but I didn't expect such deep meaning behind it!Since then, the land where our ancestors have lived for generations has really been "peaceful under heaven".

Brother Hai and I searched for him on the street for a long time, but Uncle Jizai was nowhere to be seen. On the contrary, Uncle Jizai first saw Brother Hai in the crowd, and then found me next to Brother Hai.

Uncle Chicken is also wearing this armband and holding a whistle stick--it turns out that Uncle Chicken is really an insider of the Australians!

I have a lot of questions I want to ask Uncle Chicken, but he just smiled and shook his hand at me without answering

Seeing this "Australia Pass", Hai Ge, who was anxious, was like a man who fell into the water and caught a big log. He quickly pulled Uncle Chicken and asked what the Australians were doing to gather people here, whether they wanted money or Latin. ?Uncle Jizai only said three words lightly, "Entry into the city."

Entering the city and military parade are relatively common today. They are effective and important ways to show the might of our Fubo army, improve the pride of our Fubo army soldiers, and educate the people on patriotism.Many comrades from the local government and the army have written to our Political Department, saying that the military parade has a great educational effect on the soldiers and the masses, and that the enthusiasm of the people to join the army is high. Do more, do more.

In Pseudo-Ming, there have been similar activities.But it was nothing more than a few crooked soldiers holding the flags, throwing a stick there, and then hundreds of soldiers followed the signal of gongs and drums to run around and change formations on the school grounds. At most, there would be cavalry performing horseback riding skills. ".Because there are various tricks such as playing big swords, breaking big stones in the chest, and archery, it is very lively.So it's very attractive to watch.I was born in a military family, so of course I have seen these. Wang Zunde did it once in Zhaoqing when he invaded Lingao.The scale is very large, so I am full of expectations for the Fubo Army's entry into the city.

"Let's go - let's go!"

At about 10 o'clock in the morning, it was like a thunderbolt sounded in the flat ground. A Fubo army pacesetter was divided into two columns. Under the leadership of a captain holding a command knife, he carried a minigun and came down from the city wall. At a pace of 170 steps per minute, like a dam piercing a river, it separates the crowds congested on Dongmen Avenue, leaving a gap in the middle.There were bums in the crowd who wanted to joke or yell, but they were stared at intentionally or unintentionally by the soldiers of the Fubo Army who were like tigers and wolves.The originally bustling crowd became as silent as stagnant water.

"Stand-fix-"

"Left, right—turn!"

"Under the gun - shoulder!"

The captain gave orders in succession, and the soldiers of the Fubo Army on both sides did not drag their feet. They turned around beautifully and put down their rifles in unison.

Not long after, the sound of horns, flutes and snare drums could be faintly heard outside the east gate, and the crowd began to commotion. People stood on tiptoes, grabbed others by the shoulders, and stretched their necks to look.A grenadier company was divided into three columns, guarding a huge star fist red flag, and walked in from outside the city gate with the beat of the drums to the music of "March of the Grenadiers".

Ah, there are such good soldiers!
The commotion among the crowd is getting bigger and bigger. As long as people who are used to seeing the blustery Ming bandit army think that all armies in the world are like this, who will not be shocked when they see the Fubo army?What's more, this is the elite of the Fubo Army, an indomitable, tall and straight grenadier with excellent combat effectiveness and temperament!

These soldiers, with their tall stature, and the pointed military caps they wore on their heads, made them all look like giants.The red military uniform is so gorgeous and neat, the leather armed belt, the bright bayonet... I was stunned immediately.

I was born as a "soldier", and my neighbors are all soldiers, and I work with soldiers every day. I never knew that a soldier, a soldier, could have such a mighty appearance!
What did Chicken Uncle wear when he went to war?It is a loose "jacket" that anyone can wear, and it dangles on the body without a belt, just like wearing a pocket.It still doesn't fit well, because Shangguan's smuggling is a common practice, and the robes are always in tatters.Not to mention the majesty of a soldier, it is impossible to even be an upright person.In the eyes of ordinary people, soldiers are the same kind of people as local ruffians and bandits.

Just when we fell into admiration and shock, a veteran officer walking in front, the battalion commander of the third battalion of the mixed first brigade, Zhu Quanxing, my old superior, just as the "Grenadier March" sounded for the second time, that moment When the stormy drum beat made people tremble again, it seemed that they were still not satisfied with the effect.

He frowned, took two quick steps out of the queue, walked to the front of the team, turned his body upside down, waited for the flute player to finish playing, waved his hands to the team and shouted loudly: "The collective has it all, there is a reason that doesn't need to be said, Get ready to sing!"

The tense faces of the soldiers suddenly laughed, and the flute player and drummer happily began to accompany everyone. The soldiers sang along with their voices open:

"There is a reason
Soldiers should go to the battlefield

......"

Like a torch lit in the grassland, the song spread from the head to the tail of the platoon through word of mouth, igniting an unstoppable prairie fire that resounded through the morning of Zhaoqing.The long gray dragon sang a majestic song, everyone raised their heads proudly and straightened their chests, their medals shone dazzlingly in the sun, illuminating the thousands of years of dark Zhaoqing City .

I was born in a military household, and I have seen soldiers, and I have seen soldiers singing in unison.They said they were soldiers, but they were just bullies who only bullied the common people; they said they were songs, but they were also "songs of the imperial formation" that the soldiers couldn't understand, they only knew how to parrot and howl.Such a soldier with a proud face, a soldier full of vitality, a soldier full of contempt for the enemy and full of confidence in himself, I have seen such an oppressive soldier!The Ming army said that "good iron should not be nailed, and a good man should not be a soldier", while the Fubo army said "good steel should be forged with sharp swords, and good soldiers should fight hard battles"; Fame, seal wife Yinzi"; Fu Bojun said "as long as the Senate calls, sing the battle song and rush to the front", it is simply a verdict.I understand, this is an army dedicated to showing off its prestige on the battlefield.

The lively children also lost the fear they had at the beginning. Taking advantage of their small size, they got rid of the control of adults, imitated the soldiers and sang songs, and chased the team in the cracks of the crowd.A seven-year-old boy, who didn't know whether he lost his balance or was too excited, actually got in from the side of the pacesetter and hit a little soldier's leg.The little soldier subconsciously picked up the little boy, but this friendly action caused a commotion in the crowd—everyone believed in the hateful and hypocritical authorities, thinking that the boy was going to be arrested.The little boy's grandfather wanted to rush in to pick up the child but didn't dare, so he jumped and cried behind the pacesetter comrades.

The little soldier saw the old man and understood what had happened.He ran out of the queue to send the child back to the old man's arms, showed a green smile to the old man, touched the child's little face, and ran back to the original queue waving his hands.This behavior, which is common in the Fubo Army, has caused even greater commotion among the onlookers. Even if it is hypocritical, if you encounter a good temper, you will inevitably be beaten if you encounter a bad temper; There is no place to reason if you are killed! .Everyone whispered to each other, completely unable to believe that what happened in front of them was reality.

What happened next made everyone think it was a dream.

After the ceremony of entering the city began, several women carried baskets, baskets, and large teapots, and distributed eggs and tea to the soldiers entering the city.But most of our soldiers politely declined; a very small number of those who took the eggs also spoke fluent or broken Cantonese to thank the women.The thirsty soldier took the tea bowl, drank it standing still, returned the tea bowl to the women, thanked them, and then rushed back to the team.Later, the women stopped distributing the eggs at all. With the help of the people nearby, they picked up the eggs and stuffed them into the pockets of the soldiers.

When I was in a private school, I heard about the so-called "Teacher Wang", who was very popular with the people.The people put food in their bamboo baskets and filled their kettles with water, and went to the streets to welcome "Master Wang".But how many times have you seen a "Master Wang" who is not even willing to take food and water from the people!Comrades, how could the soldiers of that year, whether they were the braided soldiers far away or the puppet Ming soldiers around them, not plunder the people?Like our current enemies, the Spaniards and the Dutch, they are all bandits who harm the people.At that time, there was a saying among us, "Bandits pass like a comb, soldiers pass like a grate", which means that when the bandits come, they are like combing through a comb, and they can leave something behind; What?Nothing left.It is very new that the Fubo army does not rob or kill, treats people kindly, and does not even want to take gifts from the people.In the words of Brother Hai, "I've grown up so much, and I've seen a lot of troops, how can I not rob the people? Just rush here, and he will never come back to the court!"

After the Fubo Army liberated Zhaoqing, it implemented military control over Zhaoqing. However, for the people, there was no inconvenience to the people except that the Fubo Army's policy of hygiene and prohibiting defecation indiscriminately made some people very uncomfortable and complained endlessly. The law and order here has improved.The officers and soldiers of the Fubo Army traded fairly and spoke kindly, so the rumors spread by the hypocritical authorities were self-defeating.The scene where the children put some decorations of various colors and materials on their chests to serve as medals, and the scene of walking behind the patrolling Fubo Army soldiers has also become a scene in Zhaoqing.The catchy military songs of the Fubo Army are very popular among the people, and the singing of "I am a soldier" and "There is a truth that does not need to be said" can be heard everywhere. What is interesting is that these military songs were originally only "new I don’t know who made the translation and adaptation, and the Cantonese and local vernacular versions came out. The people understood the meaning of the song and loved our Fubo Army even more.

To be a soldier is to be a Fubo army!Since then, I have strengthened my beliefs.Later, when the Fubo Army recruited locally, I persuaded my parents and went to the barracks with Brother Hai to sign up.When the conscription officer asked me what my name was, I told him that my name was Liu Xing, and I woke up soberly.

(End of this chapter)