Dominate the Country

Just when the Second Division and the Joint Forces of the Teaching Division reached the city of Yan'an Prefecture, a team of troops composed of the Fu Han Army of Shanxi also arrived outside the Kehuzhai of Jiazhou, the southeast of Yulin Prefecture, the northernmost part of Shaanxi.

Between Yulin Prefecture and Yan'an Prefecture, there is Suide, with the Great Wall on the left and the Yellow River on the right, and the terrain is in a triangular shape.

Jiazhou is in the southeast of Yulin Prefecture, connected to Mizhi in Suide in the south, and facing Linxian in Shanxi across the Yellow River in the west.

This place seems to have a nice name, but in fact, the territory is full of hills. There are two main mountain ranges in the prefecture: one enters the country from Yulin in the northwest, along the bank of Jialu River, and extends more than 200 miles to the southeast to the county seat; the other starts from Yuyang and Mizhi, and tends to the northwest and southwest. There are countless fragmented mountains, and the two mountain ranges are crisscrossed by gullies, streams, slopes, beams, and hills, and the terrain is extremely complex.

The population of the entire Jiazhou is less than 70,000. With such a large area, the total amount of cultivated land is less than 250,000 mu. Before the Fu Han Army started the uprising, the average yield per mu in Jiazhou was less than four dou, and it was a poor place in the whole of Shaanxi. Drought is the biggest enemy of agricultural development and people's livelihood here.

The Fu Han Army in Shanxi came from Linxian, which is located in the middle reaches of the Yellow River, on the west side of Luliang Mountain in the Loess Plateau of Western Shanxi, and is the most populous county in Luliang. Because the roads in Shanxi are too difficult, the number of Fu Han Army that appeared on the other side of the Yellow River in Kehuzhai was not large, less than 4,000.

But this has made the whole Jiazhou panic and people's hearts shaken.

For the Fu Han Army in Shanxi, the continuous mountains and difficult supplies are more difficult to deal with than the Qing Army on the opposite side. But for the Qing Army in Jiazhou, the sudden arrival of the Fu Han Army from here, instead of knocking on the Yulin Pass through the grassland, is shocking.

The Fu Han army that appeared outside Kehu Village consisted of a cavalry battalion, a baggage battalion, a reinforced regiment and accompanying artillery. There were only twelve cannons and twelve mortars, but the ammunition reserve for each cannon was less than a hundred rounds.

The bullets, grenades, etc. in the hands of the soldiers were only about two base numbers.

In the Fu Han army, the latest reserve unit, paper bullets, was fifty rounds per base number, and grenades were five rounds per base number.

The only thing they could feel relieved about was that the Qing army on the opposite side had to face a "two-sided attack". Their appearance here was an extremely troublesome problem for the Qing army.

Moreover, the newly formed Second Cavalry Brigade had bypassed the Maowusu Desert and was about to drive from the outside of the Great Wall to the left side of Yulin Prefecture. When a large number of cavalry from the Fu Han army appeared in Endorbai Mountain, it severely touched the nerves of the Qing army. The latter would then suddenly realize that it was not that the Fu Han army did not go through Yulin Pass, but that the people had not arrived yet.

Shaanxi was actually attacked from many sides. Chen Ming didn't even need to really fight. As long as the army moved and pretended to fight, the Qing army's clenched fists would have to disperse. Then they would be finished.

Ershilipu, south of Yan'an, is the headquarters of the main force of the Fu Han Army's southern route.

The headquarters is a small house with more than a dozen blue brick and tile houses. It is spacious and clean. It is not luxurious at all, but it is a rare good place in this remote place. This was originally the house of a local rich man, but now it has been requisitioned. The latter was not liquidated, and the house was requisitioned by the Fu Han Army, and they were all grateful.

Ershilipu is located 20 miles south of Yan'an City. An official road leads directly to Fushi, the capital of Yan'an Prefecture.

Don't underestimate these 20 miles. It's okay to rush along the official road, but in order to annihilate the Qing army in Yan'an as much as possible, Gaopingshan also sent troops to advance from the left and right mountains. That's really a dead horse. Although the Qing army under Haiyin defended the south of Yan'an with key units, they also wanted to defend the mountains and hills on the left and right, but they were short of manpower. The continuous mountains and gullies also exhausted the Fu Han army that was outflanking on both wings.

Except for the city area, this place is a plain, and the rest of the place is a mountain after a mountain. There is almost no flat land. It is a typical hilly and gully area on the Loess Plateau. The population of the entire Yan'an Prefecture City is similar to that of the vast Jiazhou, with a total of 60,000 to 70,000 people in towns and villages. For such a large area, it can be seen how bad the living environment is.

Standing in the command post, the sound of gunfire from the battlefield in the distance can be vaguely heard. The defense force here is very sufficient. In addition to the security force of a regiment, there is also a garrison battalion in the command post. Each soldier of the latter is equipped with a hand gun, as well as artillery and rocket troops. The firepower is strong enough to ensure the safety of Gaoping Mountain and everyone in the command post.

Sanshilipu, ten miles away from Ershilipu, is the military supply reserve of the Fu Han Army. The distance between the two is very short, so they can take care of each other.

Every day at dawn, the whole Ershilipu is boiling, and thousands of officers and soldiers go out for training. The voices are so loud and clear!

At this time, Gao Pingshan will wear military uniforms and lead a few personal guards to watch the drill.

Just as the Fu Han Army was rushing to attack the city of Yan'an, a large army was advancing along the official road to the western Ningxia Prefecture in the westernmost part of the prefecture 200 miles away from Yan'an.

The blue number jacket and the earth color almost merged into one. Wherever the team passed, yellow dust filled the sky. From a distance, it was like a dragon rolling down.

This was the main force of the Qing army led by Yongrong. While leaving the sea seal to defend Yan'an, Yongrong had already led the team to Ningxia Prefecture early like a gecko that cut off its tail to survive.

Because the Fu Han army moved too fast, this army was also in a hurry to go west. Infantry and mules and horses were mixed together, people shouted and horses neighed, and the scene was boiling.

At this moment, Yongrong was riding on a white horse, standing on the dirt slope by the road, with a trace of imperceptible decadence on his face, looking down at the troops passing by, surrounded by his generals and followers. An Eight Banners horseman galloped over, handed an urgent report to a personal guard at the bottom of the dirt slope, then turned his horse's head and galloped away.

The personal guard immediately handed the letter to Yongrong.

"Urgent report from Yulin Prefecture, Shanxi Chen Ni has made a large-scale move, one group of troops and horses are facing Jiazhou across the Yellow River, and another group of cavalry has reached Ordos."

Yongrong's face seemed to have no reaction, but the decadence in his eyes became stronger.

"Boom boom..."

The explosion of shells, the splash of gravel, and the collapse of earth and wood. But the sound of artillery, like a series of thunderbolts, did not suppress the brave shouts of the soldiers. The Great Wall outside Yulin City had been taken down by the Fu Han Army without a fight. There was no continuous war between the Qing Dynasty and Mongolia, and the Great Wall had lost its most basic function. It had fallen into disrepair for a long time, and sand and soil had accumulated in many places. Horses could enter directly from outside the Great Wall.

The Qing Army in Yulin also gave up the plan to block the Second Cavalry Brigade outside the Great Wall. The battle between the two sides took place in the mountainous area northwest of Yulin City, from Zhenbeitai to Hongshixia.

"Blow up that firepower point for me! Blow it up for me--"

The Fu Han Army in Linxian and Yan'an were both short of ammunition, and the ammunition of the Second Cavalry Brigade was even tighter. They came from Shanxi to the west of Shaanxi by bypassing the Great Desert, and the distance was more than a thousand miles. How much ammunition could they carry with them? Moreover, the Second Cavalry Brigade was transformed from cavalry to infantry after arriving in Yulin. Are they going to attack the city?

Now, in a depression on the mountainside, more than a dozen Fu Han soldiers were lying here. The officer in charge was a sergeant from his shoulder badge. In this mountain attack and defense battle, the battlefield was small and the troops of both sides were limited. A sergeant or battalion deputy was already the highest commander of the battlefield.

Now the sergeant was shouting at a sergeant major who was two positions behind him. The sergeant major was about 30 years old and his rank was a first-class sergeant major. He had a thick explosive pack in his right arm. The explosive pack was originally carried on his back, but when he charged, it would be blocked by the firepower on the top of the mountain. The sergeant major moved the explosive pack from his back to his right arm. In order to avoid the explosive pack being hit by bullets due to the height, all of them lying in this pit would be finished.

After hearing the sergeant's shouting, the sergeant major's eyes immediately condensed. To be able to sit as a sergeant major, his cultural level may be problematic, but his own military skills are absolutely first-class. He immediately ducked and rushed out. The gunpowder bag weighed 20 kilograms, and it seemed like nothing under his hands. As long as he could reach the bottom of the bunker, he would definitely blow up the entire bunker.

The snipers farther away aimed their rifles at the left and right of the bunker, and any Qing soldier who dared to show his head would be shot immediately.

The sergeant threw grenades forward from time to time while crawling and rolling, and the smoke and dust obscured the view in front. And he would always take advantage of the gap to rush from one place to another.

Amid the roaring sound, shouts of killing suddenly arose, and the sergeant jumped up, holding the musket with a bayonet in his hand, and was the first to lead the way and shout to rush to the top of the mountain...

This was just an inconspicuous battle in the Fu Han Army's offensive in Yulin. Although many military skills of the Second Cavalry Brigade, which became infantry, were clumsy, as long as they worked, it would be fine.

From Zhenbeitai to Hongshixia, the Qing army was defeated again and again on the mountain road for more than ten miles, and soon retreated to Yulin City. The Second Cavalry Brigade that broke through the pass obviously would not let this cooked duck run away.

Of course, Yan'an Prefecture was broken, and Haiyin was also dead. As a loyalist of Daqingguo, Haiyin would rather die than let Yan'an be broken. As long as Yan'an was not broken, he could provide longer cover for the main force. But the sky did not follow people's wishes. Yan'an City fell completely before it was dragged down for two days. He himself did not see where the fate of Daqingguo was going, and he died in Yan'an.

The first thing the Fu Han Army did after capturing Yan'an was to transfer the medical battalion to the civilian area in the city and properly settle it. Of course, there were also the wounded on the battlefield.

"Brother, give me a quick death, help me..."

The battle was over. The medical soldiers and soldiers of the Fu Han Army were cleaning the battlefield. A 14 or 15-year-old apprentice soldier of the medical battalion was looking at a non-commissioned officer lying in a pool of blood in front of him in panic.

"Brother, your injury... may not kill you, you, don't think too much..." The little soldier was about to cry.

"Brother, both of us have broken legs, and we will be useless if we go home. It's worth it to sacrifice one life for twenty acres of land. I have two children at home, and they can't be separated. Just help me..."

The sergeant's eyes were clear, he was not confused by the pain, he knew what he was saying, he just wanted to die! Because in his opinion, this time his family would get greater benefits.

Since the Fu Han Army captured Beijing last year, although Nanjing did not proclaim itself emperor, a major reorganization was inevitable. Not to mention how much the treatment of local officials and garrison troops has increased, the treatment of the main force alone has undergone new changes.

First of all, the property of the martyrs' relatives is absolutely protected. The survivors are not prohibited from remarrying, but if they remarry, they cannot take away any property. Unless the martyrs have no heirs, the survivors can remarry after three years of mourning, then they can take away some property. If they do not remarry, they can continue to enjoy everything before. If the martyrs still have parents, who are taken care of by the survivors, then all the property belongs to the survivors.

It can be said that the interests of the martyrs' immediate family members are guaranteed to a great extent.

There are also new regulations for the treatment and resettlement of retired soldiers and disabled soldiers.

After retiring, all the officers and soldiers of the Fu Han Army can get a minimum of five acres and a maximum of five hundred acres of land [soldier to marshal] in addition to their military merit points - the table during the period of enlistment in the army. For seriously injured and disabled officers and soldiers, taking the lowest-ranking and largest-number soldiers as an example, they can get five to twenty acres of land according to the degree of disability.

The minimum land limit for a non-commissioned officer is ten acres of land. His legs are useless, which is an absolute severe disability. After he retires, he can get about 20 to 30 acres of land. But if he died on the battlefield, the pension would at least double. The difference of a few acres of land has made countless grassroots officers and soldiers of the Fu Han Army prefer to die on the battlefield rather than return to their hometowns disabled.

Heaven and earth, Chen Ming didn't think about it when he asked the Grand Commandery to formulate such a regulation, right? If he could think of this situation earlier, he would still throw out the new changes, and the shadow area in his heart would be too big. That is "forcing" the grassroots officers and soldiers to fight bravely for Chen Han fearlessly.

But the reality is that for most Fu Han soldiers, if their lives can be exchanged for a few acres, tens of acres, or even dozens of acres of land at home, many people would really rather die than enter the medical camp.

If you die after being treated in the medical camp, it will not be considered a death in battle, and the pension will be greatly discounted.

Since the announcement of the new treatment changes of the Fu Han Army, battle after battle has clearly shown that the proportion of soldiers killed in the army and the proportion of severely disabled soldiers are rapidly reversing, with the former increasing and the latter decreasing in a straight line!

The Fu Han Army swept across the country, and the huge amount of land confiscated and collected by the local area has always been the biggest reliance of the Fu Han Army's combat effectiveness. The emergence of military cooperatives has also allowed grassroots officers and soldiers to properly and safely settle their own land. Even because they have to understand the annual or quarterly financial revenue and expenditure announcements, many people have to turn their wooden heads to study writing and mathematics, so that even the people are driven by this trend, and the promotion of mathematics and finance colleges has been significantly smoother.

Many things happened in this way.

There is a saying in the past life that a butterfly in the Amazon rainforest, occasionally flapping its wings, may cause a tornado in Texas, USA in a short time. This is called the butterfly effect! In Chinese, it feels like a chain reaction.

Regardless of whether it is true or false, it is very appropriate to put it on Chen Ming. It's just that he is not an insignificant butterfly, but a dragon that spans thousands of miles. His every move will really affect the whole world and have a huge driving force on the whole society.

Just like the land bonds, just like the military cooperatives that are gradually becoming shares in the company. His one move may only be aimed at one thing, but the real impact can cover a range that is countless times larger.

Just like the bulletproof glass pierced by the steel core bullet, the bullet only hits one point, and the purpose is also to penetrate this point, but the "vibration" it causes can make the entire bulletproof glass crack into a spider web around that point!