Song Dynasty

Chapter 175 The Messenger
"War syndrome, or post-war psychological syndrome, is really a headache!" After letting Du Shu and Chen Da retreat, Wang Shen muttered to himself while touching his hot forehead.

This is a new term for the ancients, and the main symptoms include nightmares, personality changes, emotional dissociation, numbness (emotional abstinence or alienation), insomnia, avoidance of things that trigger traumatic memories, irritability, hypervigilance , amnesia and easily startled.

The specific manifestations are violent tendencies and extreme insecurity about the environment.

Hypervigilance, in particular, often has nasty consequences.According to the information he has read before, after the Gulf War, many American soldiers suffered from severe battlefield syndrome, alcoholism, beating their comrades and family members, typical anti-social personality, and even the viciousness of veterans shooting battles case.

In fact, this incident has also occurred in China, but the news is not reported much.After the self-defense counterattack, the veterans who were withdrawn from the battlefield had more or less sequelae. For example, they couldn’t sleep well. After being awakened, they thought the enemy had touched them.From the head of the bed to the end of the bed.When I couldn't touch it, I remembered that I was at home.Then I can't sleep!Or subconsciously fight back against the person who pats him on the shoulder from behind, and if the condition is reversed, he will break the opponent's neck!
No one took this disease seriously in ancient times.If the soldiers have mental problems, the country doesn't care, just treat them as lunatics, drive them out of the army and let them fend for themselves.If Wang Shen did this, it would naturally be the wisest and most economical way.

However, he couldn't do it.

Since Wang Shen started his army, because of his strength, he has implemented a policy of elite soldiers. He usually maintains a standing army of no more than [-], and only recruits civilians for a short period of time when there is a war.

In addition, his soldiers trained hard and were well-equipped, hard-won, and the provisions and rewards they gave were very generous.Only in this way can we cultivate a strong army that dares to fight to the extreme and has iron-like discipline.

If soldiers are consumed as consumables for one reason or another, and they give up, it is unbearable for him.

Besides, if a soldier has something to do, he just ignores it, who will die for you in the future?
In Wang Shen's view, what he established was not a simple field army, but an organization, a regime that was not controlled by others, so that people could be united and everyone could be managed and controlled by the organization.

Therefore, after his soldiers were killed in battle, their families would receive generous pensions and corresponding tax reductions.As for the injured soldiers, they will also be properly accommodated.Serve in the local government, or be allocated land, and become grassroots managers at the village level.

To put it bluntly, Wang Shen wanted to turn his military group into a small society—the enterprise-run society was the most basic social form in the 30 years before the founding of the People's Republic of China, and it was indeed suitable for the ancient times when the productivity was extremely underdeveloped.

At the beginning, he drove the captive soldiers and ants of the Kong family army to attack the city, purely using them as human shields, but as consumables, so that the thousands of troops were almost wiped out.

Thinking about it now, I was really too restless at the time and did something wrong.

In any case, after all, he shed blood for himself, so we can't ignore it.

Once this matter is settled, it is time to give them an explanation.Wounded soldiers should be healed, and those who have made contributions should also be rewarded.

After thinking about it, my thoughts returned to the post-war syndrome.

Fortunately, I have seen relevant information on the Internet in later generations, and I know how to proceed with the treatment.

So, Wang Shen spread out the paper, picked up the pen and started to write.He has a habit, once a decision is made, he will first write down the charter on paper, and revise and supplement it over and over again to avoid mistakes and omissions.

At this moment, Lu Can strode into the Chinese military tent and brought three people with him.

He cupped his hands, and presented two letters: "Military envoy, Qichun's messenger is here, one is from Kong Yanzhou, and the other is a private letter from Lu Benzhong."

"Oh, the messenger." Wang Shen opened Kong Yanzhou's letter first, and handed it to Lu Can after only one glance: "You have a look too."

He sneered lowly: "Kong Yanzhou really can't spit out ivory. He is desperate and wants to quarrel with someone. Others don't give up until they reach the Yellow River. He is standing on the cliff and still gritted his teeth. But I still have fantasies about Zhang Yong and Cao Cheng. Dragging a whole city of people to be buried with them for their own selfishness is an unforgivable crime."

When Lu Can saw it, his face was also full of greenness: "Damn Kong thief!"

Wang Shen opened Lu Benzhong's letter again and looked at it, then cast his eyes playfully on the three messengers kneeling below, without saying a word.

The three messengers were slim, with red lips and white teeth.Although he was wearing the military uniform of the Confucian Army, his chest was slightly raised, and there was no Adam's apple under his neck.

Don't think about it, it must be a woman disguised as a man.

If they were all dressed in red, they would be considered middle-of-the-road.

Being stared at by Wang Shenyou's piercing eyes, the three of them were terrified in their hearts, and they all tightened their bodies.

Lu Can realized something was wrong, and said, "Military envoy."

Wang Shen waved his hand at him and smiled: "Please invite the three girls, but I don't know how to address them. What's the relationship with Lu Benzhong?"

"Ah, woman?" Lu Can was taken aback: "How is it possible?"

Wang Shen laughed: "Ziyu is an upright gentleman. He doesn't look at him wrongly, so he can't find it." In modern society, Lao Tzu was nicknamed "Friends of Women". Girl, you can see it at a glance.There is no other, but the hand is familiar.

Hearing that Wang Shen recognized her identity at a glance, the three women trembled in shock.

They were all girls from good families who were looted by Kong Yanzhou in the past, and they naturally had a tragic past when they fell into his hands.No one knew better than them the virtues of these wolves and tigers. In an instant, the memory came to mind again, and they were frightened out of their wits.

Xiaotao was still courageous, she suppressed the fear in her heart, kowtowed her head, and said in a trembling voice, "If you go back to the general, I will be Master Lu's concubine, my name is Xiaotao. Qichun will be captured by the general sooner or later. The master took pity on us and couldn't bear to see our sisters not in the rebellion, so he let me wait for the men's clothes as a messenger to bring a letter to the general."

"My master said again that the general is a generous elder, a benevolent and righteous gentleman. Even if it is not based on the past relationship between him and you, the military envoy, he will not embarrass the concubine."

This Xiaotao is articulate and well-organized when speaking.In a few words, he took Wang Shen to death: They are messengers, and the two armies will not kill them when they fight; Do you still want the scholars to work for him?

In the end, Xiaotao put a tall hat of a generous elder and a benevolent gentleman on Wang Shen's head.

(End of this chapter)