With a different state of mind, one would have a different feeling when looking at the same thing.
Lu Sun and Zhang Ruiqiang came to the capital full of passion. From the beginning, everything they saw was not pleasing to their eyes, but now they were puzzled by everything they saw. After a tiring day at the construction site, they dragged their tired bodies back to the temple, washed up, and went to bed. Because the temple was small, they could only share a kang. After lying down, they were very tired, but they did not want to sleep.
In the middle of the night, the Revolutionary Army suddenly mobilized. Yang Jian and the others were so scared that they wanted to escape. Lu Sun and Zhang Ruiqiang quickly got up to find out what was going on. Soon, they learned that the Kennu had already attacked Shanhai Pass, and the Revolutionary Army was urgently mobilizing militia and workers to go to the front line.
The capital region had not been occupied for long, so the foundation of the people was not good. There was no militia yet, but some of the workers could be mobilized. The people who came to recruit were also people from the civil affairs department. They were voluntary and hired labor with high salaries. The residents in the neighborhood cried in the middle of the night, completely frightened by the sudden news. There were really not many people who were willing to take the initiative to apply.
After a while, the night was quiet.
Lu Sun and Zhang Ruiqiang leaned on the wall and listened for a while. They found that the lights in the households had been turned off again. Yang Jian also popped his head out of the temple wall and sneered, "Zhou wanted to trick these stupid people to die. Now, these stupid people don't care about him at all. It's funny that he used to try to please these poor people, but now it's all in vain. These poor people are all slaves, and they think they are whips. "
Lu Sun and Zhang Ruiqiang turned their heads to look at Yang Jian at the same time. They only felt that this person of the same age was exceptionally strange and ugly. However, when Liu Fucheng and Zhang Rushen heard about this, they were excited and said, "The Jianzhou army is here. The day of the Revolutionary Army's destruction is here. We can finally have a day to stand up."
Lu Juren frowned and said in a deep voice, "The foreign tribes outside the pass are about to attack. Why are you so happy?"
Liu Fucheng knew that these two young people were probably a little disgusted, so he quickly said, "You two are still too young and don't know the difficulties of the world. Now it is difficult for me, the Daming Family, to exterminate the rebels, so I can only borrow troops to do so.
The Jurchen Jin Kingdom is my Daming's vassal. Now that my slave chief, Nurhachi, is willing to help me, this is something that even the Taichang Emperor has acknowledged. Those alien races only want some gold and silver women. As long as they can defeat the 'Revolutionary Army' and restore the Emperor to the throne, these are all trivial matters. "
It would have been better if they hadn't mentioned Tai Chang, but now that they had mentioned Tai Chang, Lu Sun and Zhang Xuan's disgust had risen greatly. They all thought of the damn fatty they saw during the day. He kept saying that the destruction of Daming had nothing to do with him, but now he actually agreed to borrow the troops to annihilate them.
Both Lu Sun and Li Yundong were orthodox scholars, so they definitely had to learn history. The decline of the flourishing Tang was caused by An Lushan. Daming also expelled the Tartars and rebuilt the Han's rivers and mountains. How could they forget this historical lesson that was right in front of them?
However, Liu Fucheng and the others had been digging in the mud for a month and were too aggrieved. When they heard the news of the Jianzhou army, they were like bandits who stayed in the mainland hearing that the imperial army had come ashore, dancing with joy. Zhang Rushen also said proudly, "The two of you still don't know, right? Brother Yang is the person sent by the Jin Emperor to contact us. His master is the Fourth Beilei, Hwang Tae-gil. "
Yang Jian hurriedly waved his hand and said that this matter was not worth mentioning, but the expression on his face was very proud. But in the eyes of Lu Sun and Li Yundong, it was not good to be a dignified Han. What was there to be proud of as a f * cking slave?
Liu Fucheng confirmed the news of the Jianzhou army and immediately said happily, "Shanhai Pass is in an emergency, the capital must be panicking. I will immediately go to the city to contact some people and wait for the Jin's reinforcements to come so that we can act as inside agents. "
"I will go with Lord Liu." Yang Jian hurriedly said, "It is better for me to handle this matter."
Zhang Rushen also agreed, "Let us go together, I am also willing to help."
The three hardcore traitors left immediately and slipped out of the temple in the middle of the night. The two remaining Daming nationalists stood in a daze in the night for a long time. Lu Juren, who was slightly younger, stomped his feet and scolded, "I, Lu Xiangsheng, am well-versed in both the pen and the sword and have a proud character. Now that I have no way to serve my country, how can I be associated with such ugly people? This is really shameful! "
Sun Juren also scolded fiercely, "It is ridiculous that I, Sun Chuanting, came all the way from Shanxi, only thinking of turning the tide, helping Daming and saving my sect. But now I can't save Daming, and I have to meet such traitors who betray the country. It is really a shame.
Although that traitor Zhou is hateful, he is still a Han man and knows how to sympathize with the Han people. In our internal strife, it doesn't matter who the country falls into. But if that Jurchen barbarian comes, won't it be another Cliff Mountain disaster? Our Central Plains will be filled with the smell of blood. We must not do this. "
Lu Sun and Liu Xiangsheng were in a bad mood. They thought they had met like-minded people, but who would have thought that they were wolves who could bring disaster to the country and the people. This situation made them want to stomp their feet, feeling ashamed and resentful at the same time.
"I don't want to be associated with these traitors anymore." Lu Xiangsheng turned around and went back to his room to get his luggage. Sun Chuanting also could not stay any longer. He did not even want his luggage and followed Lu Xiangsheng out of the temple. The abbot of the temple wanted to stop them but was beaten up.
But it was still dark when they went out of the temple. The two of them were indignant but had nowhere to go. They could only find an inn to stay. But even though they had a place to stay, they were still so angry that they could not sleep. Especially they felt that being associated with those three scum for several days and calling them brothers was a big stain on their lives.
Not long after, the sky brightened.
The residents in the city got up early to make a living. Lu Sun and Liu Xiangsheng did not sleep the whole night. They went out of their room to buy some breakfast. The owner of the inn saw that they were scholars, so he greeted them and said with a smile, "The city was noisy last night. You two didn't seem to sleep well. Were you frightened?"
They were not frightened, but they were really ashamed and angry.
The owner of the inn saw that the two did not speak, so he quickly said, "Don't be afraid. Isn't it just the Jurchen barbarians coming? Our Revolutionary Army Grand Marshal is very powerful. The civil and military officials under him are all supported by Heaven. They will definitely defeat the barbarians in the north. "
As he was speaking, a newsboy ran in from outside the inn and waved a newspaper as he shouted, "Extra! Extra! The battle outside Shanhai Pass is intense! Our Revolutionary Army is fighting against the 50,000 people of Jianzhou's God's Blessing Army alone with just one brigade! Both sides are fighting fiercely. Our reporter has sent a special article from the frontline. It's updated daily. "
As soon as he heard that it was about the battle in Shanhai Pass, the owner of the inn quickly came out from behind the counter. He waved to the newsboy and shouted, "Kid, give me a newspaper." However, the owner did not know the simplified Chinese characters. He then turned to Lu Sun and Liu Xiangsheng and asked, "Gentlemen, you must be knowledgeable. Can you read this newspaper?"
Lu Sun and Liu Xiangsheng were also not familiar with the simplified Chinese characters, but they could at least guess 70 to 80 percent of it. Sun Chuanting didn't decline. He reached out to take the extra that had been published overnight and read the headline news on the front page. "Seven days ago, the slave chieftain Wild Boar Skin sent 50,000 'blessed' troops to attack our Shanhai Pass.
The owner of the inn asked, "What's the origin of this God Bless Army?"
The extra really did have an introduction about the God Bless Army. Sun Chuanting read, "This army is led by officials and gentry who surrendered to the Ming court. They forced the Han people of Liaodong to join the army. The commander of the God Bless Army is the former general of the Liaodong Ming Army, Gao Hongzhong. "
"Hey, so it's a bunch of scum who recognize the enemy as their father." The owner of the inn scolded. A group of customers who came to buy breakfast also scolded. The scolding made Lu Sun and Liu Xiangsheng's faces turn red. They were ashamed. Last night they were with these three scum. Sun Chuanting could not continue reading, so he had Lu Xiangsheng read on his behalf.
"Yesterday, 5,000 soldiers of the National Defense Army's First Brigade fought with the enemy outside Shanhai Pass. Both sides suffered casualties. The enemy mobilized a large formation of 1,000 soldiers to attack our army. The commander of the First Brigade, Gao Daniu, personally went to the frontline to command and fought fiercely with the enemy with fierce gunfire. In front of the formation, corpses piled on top of each other. Blood flowed like a river. The casualties were extremely tragic. "
As he read this paragraph, more and more people came to the inn to listen. Especially when they heard that the National Defense Army had 5,000 soldiers against 50,000 soldiers, they were even more frightened. Many people exclaimed on the spot, "God, why are there so few people in the Revolutionary Army? Won't they lose for sure? "
The Ming court's battle report had always reported the good news and not the bad. Shangguan had to read between the lines to guess what happened at the frontline. The Revolutionary Army's battle report was the opposite. It had to show that the enemy was very strong to better reflect the pride and bravery of the new generation of revolutionary soldiers who sacrificed themselves for the country. The report would never say that the enemy's combat power was weak, but our army's morale was like a rainbow, and we advanced thousands of miles.
This writing method made Lu Sun and Liu Xiangsheng extremely worried. After all, once Shanhai Pass was broken, the entire Huabei Plain would be completely open. The entire Central Plains would be under the enemy's peak. If that really happened, who knew how many families would face disaster.
Lu Xiangsheng continued to read, "Last night, the Prime Minister ordered everyone to mobilize and recruit militia and workers to support the frontline. Tianjin and Jinzhou have already organized more than 30,000 militia overnight. It's not uncommon for parents to send their children, wives to send their husbands, and children to send their fathers. Countless Chinese men shed tears and threw themselves into this war to protect the country without hesitation. "
The National Defense Army's regular troops were slowly recruited. They had also prepared for a long time to recruit the reserve forces for the attack on the capital. The reason why the militia recruitment this time had such a strong response was because it happened suddenly at night and was mandatory. Not many people were really willing to go to the battlefield. Patriotism was not enough to make a living, so most soldiers had to go.
The extra also wrote many touching stories during the recruitment process, as well as the consequences of refusing the recruitment. The touching parts made people tear up, while the negative examples made people gnash their teeth in hatred. Even in this small inn, the people were sighing and hating when they heard it. However, after reading the newspaper, everyone quickly dispersed. Even the innkeeper who bought the newspaper only treated it as idle gossip.
The strong contrast between before and after the people made Lu Sun and Liu Xiangsheng feel surprised. Sun Chuanting asked the innkeeper, "If the Grand Marshal wants to recruit you to the battlefield, what will you do?"
"Then we'll rebel against him." The innkeeper laughed and did not take it seriously. "Let someone else do the fighting. We won't go. "
"But this is a mandatory recruitment."
"Then we'll escape."
"If we escape, we'll be punished."
"We'll talk about it when the time comes."
"If no one joins the army to serve the country, we Han people will become slaves of a subjugated country."
"Sigh, we can love our country, but we can't fight a war. This country doesn't belong to us, it belongs to the old emperor. Naturally, the old emperor will find someone else to serve the country. Anyway, we people won't go. "
After asking for a long time, the innkeeper no longer had the impassioned attitude he had when reading the newspaper. Instead, he was very unscrupulous. Sun Chuanting was stunned at first, then he closed his eyes, shook his head and sighed.
On the other hand, Lu Xiangsheng was looking for a military song in the corner outside the newspaper. It said, "Don't you see, the army of the end of the Han Dynasty, the young crown asks for the long tassel; Don't you see, Ban Dingyuan, the light cavalry of the desperate region urges the battle clouds! A man should be in danger, how can he let the crown of a scholar ruin his life? The country is in peril, the war cry never stops! "
Lu Xiangsheng finished reading softly and sighed. "The people are still the same people, no different from the past. But is this' Revolutionary Army 'different? "
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