Chapter 093
The north wind is like a knife, cutting people's skin, making people feel extremely painful. However, Azig was extremely distressed at this time, because in just two rounds of exploratory attacks, more than 700 of his soldiers with the white flag were killed, and there were not many wounded soldiers, because in the face of the Folang machine artillery and Thunder cannons, many of them were injured. It is a very luxurious thing, death is the easiest thing.
As for the losses of the Mongolian cavalry, Azig no longer had the courage to count them, because their losses were definitely worse and heavier than those of the Jiannu.
What made Azig cry without tears was that his brother-in-law, his hero with a white flag, had his life saved, but he could only squat down to urinate in the future. What made him even more uncomfortable was that among the forty white-armored soldiers that Xiangbai Banner went on this expedition, twenty-one of them were killed without a trace. Not to mention twenty-one people, even if one of the white-armored soldiers died, he was Very distressed. There are less than two hundred white-armored soldiers in the entire Baibai Banner.
If this battle with the white flag is lost to Guan Ning's army. That makes sense. After all, the Guan Ning Army has always been the most powerful opponent of the Jin Kingdom. Three thousand Jiannu cavalry fought against tens of thousands of Guan Ning Army and lost with three times the strength advantage. He can still have an explanation to the fat boss.
But the problem is that he lost to a little-known Ming army. The white flag that had been invincible in both the south and the north was beaten so badly by a Ming army that came out of nowhere. More importantly, Even if they were defeated by Guan Ning's army, Guan Ning's army must have suffered casualties. Until now, this unknown Ming army had no casualties. It killed more than 700 slave-building warriors at the cost of zero casualties, including Also included were twenty-one white-armored soldiers, one against a hundred.
Azig felt very aggrieved at this time, just like a world-class boxing champion who pushed a thin street gangster into a smelly ditch and kicked him violently. The aggrievedness in his heart was obvious.
Zhao Wencai stared dumbfounded as Azig led the cavalry with white flags to retreat slowly, while the Mongolian cavalry took charge of the rear. He shouted excitedly: "We won!"
"Scream, hurry up and rush forward. Even if you can't defeat Jiannu now, it shouldn't be difficult to keep the Mongolian cavalry behind, right?"
After receiving Cheng Shijie's order, Zhao Wencai waved his hand: "Brother, follow me!"
To be fair, although the Ming Dynasty was severely beaten by the slave slaves in later generations, it was never afraid of the Mongols. It has been obsessed with the Mongols since the founding of the country.
Even in the Battle of Tumubao, the Ming army lost more than 200,000 troops, and a large number of good generals who were good at fighting also died. The initiative in the Han-Mongolian battle changed hands. The Ming Dynasty's border defenses retreated step by step, and the Mongols pressed forward step by step. , Ye Xian, An Da and I even brought people to Beijing to burn, kill and loot.
However, the problem is that the Mongols have long lost the bravery of their ancestors, and the Ming army generals only need to feed five hundred servants to grind the Mongols to the ground. When Qi Jiguang was the commander-in-chief of Ji Town, nine thousand soldiers of the Qi family carried out cruel and inhumane beatings on the Mongols. After a few slaps, Chang Bald, Dong Fox, Tumen Khan and other Mongolian heroes were beaten into pig heads by him. From then on, they were beaten in Ji Town. In front of me, he is more honest than his grandson. During the Ming dynasty, the Ming army's psychological advantage over the Mongols was still there. As long as the court was willing to fight, the Ming army could still teach the Mongols a painful lesson.
The Ming army had a strong psychological advantage against the Mongols, especially in the eyes of Dongjiang soldiers like Zhao Wencai, these Mongols were just piles of silver that could run and move!
The Mongolian cavalry in charge of the rear saw Ning Haijun's two thousand cavalry outflanking them on the left and right. They were trying to make dumplings out of them.
They immediately panicked. Some wanted to fight with Ning Haijun's cavalry, while others turned around and ran away. Now the entire cavalry formation was in chaos. As long as the formation was in chaos, the horses would not be able to increase their speed.
Zhao Wencai brandished the sharp Qi family knife and slashed at the back of a Mongolian cavalryman. The Mongolian cavalryman didn't even have time to react before his head and half of his shoulders were chopped off from his horse. The war horse was still hunching over his master, running forward crazily. Without the encumbrances of his head and shoulders, the Mongolian cavalry passed three or four Mongolian cavalry before falling under the horse.
Some Mongolian cavalry also wanted to resist. When Ning Haijun's cavalry launched the charge, they had already used their feet to wind up their crossbows. They were thirty or forty steps away from the Mongolian cavalry, which was a round of shooting. The Mongolian cavalry who wanted to resist were shot into hedgehogs.
At such a close distance, the power of the crossbow machine is quite strong, completely ignoring the cowhide armor on the Mongols, and also ignoring the light iron armor on their bodies. The only three-layer iron armor that can protect the crossbow arrows is a pity that the Mongolians do not have such good equipment.
"Pu Chi, Pu Chi..."
The sound of swords and spears piercing flesh was heard, and the Mongolian cavalry was chopped to pieces by Ning Haijun's cavalry. When Jiannu, who was running in front, saw this scene, instead of turning around to support the Mongolian cavalry, he accelerated his retreat.
Zhao Wencai, who had already defeated the Mongolian cavalry, led four to five hundred Ning navy cavalry and followed the Jiannu cavalry to kill him. He wanted to take advantage of the opportunity. If Jiannu turned around, he would withdraw. He followed Cheng Shijie's advice. The tactical principle is that when the enemy advances, we retreat, and when the enemy is stationed, we harass, but I didn't expect that Jiannu retreated too quickly.
Compared with the Jiannu cavalry, the Ning navy cavalry was weak not only in their riding skills, but also in their war horses. The war horses of the Dongjiang Army were all very thin, especially the cavalry expanded by Kong Youde from Shandong. Some even rode mules and war horses. There is actually no way to make up for the difference in speed.
No matter how reluctant he was, Azig had to admit that they had lost this battle with a white flag, and it was a disastrous defeat. Everyone's mind was blank, their whole bodies were cold, their eyes were dull, they were shocked, fearful, angry, confused...
Extremely intense emotions hit their hearts hard. Since Nurhachi raised his army, this was the first time that Jiannu lost to the Ming army. They were unable to resist. They lost so miserably that they had nothing to say!
The bones of seven or eight hundred soldiers were buried on the battlefield, and two thousand Mongolian servants... five or six hundred people survived. However, the Ming army's casualties were probably no casualties. They had not had time to shoot arrows at the Ming army, nor had they had a chance to swing their knives at the Ming army. The bloody reality hit them with stars in their eyes, and they couldn't believe it was true.
However, the wild shouts of the Ming army soldiers came like a tsunami, drowning everything, and they had no choice but to believe it!
"Congratulations, Commander, we won!"
"The commander is mighty, the commander is victorious!"
"The commander is victorious, Ning Haijun is mighty!"
Admiral Ning was so excited that he shouted at the top of his lungs. Although the scale of the battle was not huge and the results were not huge, the problem was that at this time, Cheng Shijie was not yet the regent of the Ming Dynasty, holding the millions of elites of the Ming Dynasty. Army, Ning Haijun is still a new army that has only been established for more than four months.
Ning Haijun's officers began to clean up the battlefield. The seizures in this battle were not very generous among Ning Haijun's previous battles, especially the heads. It was really helpless.
Apparently, seven or eight hundred Jiannu were killed in battle, but in fact, Ning Haijun only captured 452 heads of Jiannu, including 21 white-armored soldiers. Only seven heads could be counted as military merits. They were destroyed by artillery or thunder cannons. The heads of Jiannu who had his head smashed were not counted. As for the heads of the four thousand ancestral army soldiers, they were even more pitiful. After searching the entire battlefield, only 877 levels were found.
There was no other way. Cheng Shijie's giant gasoline napalm bomb was too powerful. It burned more than a thousand soldiers of the ancestral army to charcoal, and more than 2,000 people were blown into minced meat.
There are more Mongolian heads, with 843 levels.
The others are some weapons. Whether they are slaves or Mongolians, Ning Haijun has already looked down upon them. If the quality is better, it can be directly sent to the soldiers in the field for use. If it is inferior, it can only be used. It can be recast. If it weren't for the capture of 433 Mongolian war horses that were not seriously injured and could still be used in this battle, Cheng Shijie would have been in trouble.
Fortunately, 433 war horses were captured, and there were more than 100 injured horses. These war horses were seriously injured. Even if they were cured, they would no longer be able to go to the battlefield in the future and could only be used as slave horses.
More than a thousand horse carcasses were quickly cut into horse meat, which became the meal of Ning navy soldiers and field soldiers.
"Commander, what should we do with these prisoners?"
Cheng Shijie is actually thinking about this issue too.
The Ming Dynasty is now rotten with sores on its head and pus on its soles. The wind of corruption has penetrated into every aspect of this aging empire, eating away at the foundation of the empire. The last remaining executive ability of this empire has been used. Search for people's fat and people's anointing.
In later generations, some people commented on Zu Dashou: "A famous general of his generation, who controlled the outside of the pass and took in the pass, can be said to be loyal and loyal; the ministers of the two dynasties rebelled against the former master and betrayed the latter master. They were really no human beings inside and outside."
This evaluation is actually from the Manchu perspective, and the butt is a bit crooked. Although the Daling River in Zu Dashou first descended, it was because the city was eating grass and there was no way to survive. Everyone was eating each other. If we persisted, the whole army would be wiped out. In fact, when Sun Chengzong fought in Jinzhou, he was the one who was cheated. The most important thing is that the culprit is Qiu Jiahe. The second surrender was because of Hong Chengchou.
Although he surrendered to the Manchus, he never did his best for the Manchus. Looking at Hong Chengchou and Zu Dashou from the perspective of Cheng Shijie, a later generation, Cheng Shijie was actually more willing to sympathize with Zu Dashou.
Cheng Shijie said: "First, let them get some food. It will be difficult for them to survive, but it will not be easy either!"
"To deal with such a traitor, shouldn't we hang him up to dry?"
Shen Mingyu asked in confusion: "Leave them to waste food!"
"No, they are still useful!"
Cheng Shijie said: "More than 8,000 people, one tael of silver a day, are asked to inform Zu Dashou that they want to redeem people as soon as possible. The longer the delay, the higher the price!"
These people are all Zu Dashou's original team, the confidants among his confidants. Without these people, Zu Dashou would be nothing. If Zu Dashou had these confidants, he would at least have the power to suppress Wu Sangui.
With himself and Ning Haijun on the southern side of Liao to celebrate the longevity of his ancestors, Hong Chengchou may not have the opportunity to serve as the governor of Ji Liao. Relatively speaking, Hong Chengchou's threat to the Ming Dynasty was actually greater than that of King Sanshun. Sanshun kings Kong Youde, Shang Kexi, and Geng Zhongming were only generals, while Hong Chengchou was a strategic commander. Without him commanding large corps in battle, it would not have been so easy for the Manchus to enter the pass.
When they heard that Cheng Shijie was going to sell these prisoners, the Zhongning navy soldiers had no objections. They would have a share of the money.
Before these more than 8,000 ancestral army soldiers can be sold, they will not work for free.
Ning Haijun soldiers sent more than 8,000 prisoners of war to the Luomashan Coal Mine in Jinzhouwei to dig coal. Now the weather is cold. As more and more Ning Haijun soldiers and craftsmen come over, there is no coal for heating. Can't hold on.
Although many earthen nests were dug outside the Jinzhou Acropolis to house the field soldiers and their families, as there were more people, coal would be needed to eat, drink, and heat. If only firewood was used and all the trees in southern Liaoning were cut down, it would probably be impossible. not enough.
As the Luomashan Coal Mine was developed, Ning Haijun's coal mine craftsmen started working with others. With coal, kilns could be built. The family members of Ning Haijun and their field soldiers could not live in underground houses forever. They also needed houses. In this era, unlike the reinforced concrete houses of later generations, if they built adobe houses, they could also build them in winter.
The premise is that there must be enough coal. With coal, other factories can also be built, such as open-hearth and blast furnaces for steelmaking, textile factories, furniture factories, carriage factories, agricultural implement factories, etc.
With eight thousand prisoners of war entering the coal mines, coal can meet the needs of Ning Haijun's military and civilians.
At this moment, a tall man among the eight thousand prisoners of war shouted: "I want to see your general!"
"Who wants to see me?"
Liu Qingsong looked at Zu Zerun with an unhappy face and said, "You want to see me?"
"This is Zu, the deputy general of Jinzhou of Guan Ning Army..."
Before Zu Zerun could finish speaking, Liu Qingsong said impatiently: "Didn't you say you are Zu Dashou?"
"That's my father!"
"You lied to grandpa that he can't read!"
Liu Qingsong gave Zu Zerun a hard kick. To be honest, Zu Zerun didn't have the slightest demeanor of the eldest young master of the Zu family at this time. Because he was spoiled and had fine skin and tender flesh, he suffered too much in the ice and snow. His face was covered with frostbite and his nose had runny nose. He was worse than a beggar.
After being punished by Liu Qingsong, Zu Zerun finally became honest.
This first battle of the Liaonan Ning Navy came to an end, and later generations called it the Battle of Jinshishan, or the victory of Jinshishan, which became a turning point for the Ning Navy.
On the second day of the twelfth lunar month, Cheng Shijie summoned all the officers and soldiers of the Ning Navy. They used the corpses of 700 to 800 slaves, the corpses of more than 4,000 Japs, and the corpses of more than 1,000 Mongolians at the foot of Jinshi Mountain outside Gaizhou City. A total of more than 6,000 corpses were built into a Beijing temple.
Under this Beijing view, Cheng Shijie once again reviewed Ning Haijun's military discipline. He first introduced the three major disciplines and eight points of attention, which are: "All actions must obey the command. Do not take a penny from the common people. All seizures must be turned over to the public."
When he said this, Cheng Shijie felt guilty and was committing shameful plagiarism. At the same time, he went on to announce: "Eight points of attention: Harsh words hurt people's hearts, and you must speak kindly. If you borrow something, pay it back, and it is not difficult to borrow again. You are responsible for your own work, and you must pay for damage or repair things. Food is the most important thing for the people, and crops are not allowed to be destroyed. .You are not allowed to molest women, and you are not allowed to break into houses!"
In addition to these three major disciplines and eight points of attention, there are also three major principles of Ning Haijun. Soldiers of Ning Navy must pay attention to their appearance, keep their internal affairs neat and tidy, and are not allowed to damage military uniforms, ordnance, armor and other accessories. Second, unity and friendship mean that naval officers and soldiers are not allowed to seize the property of their comrades, nor are they allowed to steal or embezzle military property. When a comrade is in trouble, they are not allowed to fail to rescue them. Third, the Ninghai Navy's actual pay system separates military and salary. The military pay of all Ninghai Navy soldiers and generals is open to the public and directly paid to personal accounts, which can be spent at any time. If you have any objections to your military pay, you can appeal to the Division Supervisor, Director, or Du Superintendent.
The three major rights are that Ning Navy soldiers have the right to receive military pay, soldiers have the right to complain to superior military supervisors about officers, and soldiers have the right to protect their private property from infringement.
The three major obligations are that soldiers have the obligation to participate in training and combat, that soldiers have the obligation to obey orders and observe discipline, and that soldiers have the obligation to help save Li Shu.
Under the framework of three major disciplines, eight points of attention, three major principles, three major rights, and three obligations, the "Ning Navy Admiral's Code" was promulgated
With the promulgation of the General's Code and the military supervision system of Ning Haijun, to be precise, the political Weiyuan system was promulgated at the same time, Cheng Shijie announced to the entire army the appointment of Chen Guodong as the supervisor of Ning Haijun.
This supervisor is higher than the generals such as Shen Mingyu and Zhang Yu, and is responsible for the military law enforcement work of the entire army. Of course, the secretive work has not been announced to the outside world.
At the same time, the division supervisor, the division supervisor, the director general, and the capital supervisor were appointed, and it was clearly stipulated that the division supervisor was on the same level as the general manager, the director was on the same level as the general manager, and the general supervisor was on the same level as the general secretary.
Moreover, it is stipulated that the helmets of the supervisory system should be uniformly painted red to distinguish ordinary soldiers from officers.
Because there are too many Denglai New Army soldiers and Dongjiang Army soldiers in the Ninghai Navy, they are now back in southern Liaoning. They are less than 200 miles away from Huang Long, the general officer of the Dongjiang Army in Lushun. In this case, the newly appointed The supervisor Chen Guodong conducted ideological education and training for the entire army.
However, this ideological education and training is crooked again.
In fact, in order to prevent Ning Haijun from becoming a vassal town like Dongjiang Army, which would harm the country and the people, Cheng Shijie put an end to personality worship in the military and implemented everything in accordance with the system.
However, when Supervisor Chen Guodong convened a meeting of military supervisory officers at all levels, his first sentence was: "Whoever dares to betray the commander-in-chief, I will kill him... The ideological education we are about to launch has only one core point of view. , let all the soldiers in the army swear loyalty to the commander-in-chief..."
It's a pity that Cheng Shijie doesn't know all this. What worries him now is whether the bank can be built. After all, this bank has mature experience that can be copied by future generations.
The problem is that he does not have a suitable candidate in hand. Ma Shilin cannot be trusted. If Cheng Shijie dares to hand over the bank to him, he will definitely become the biggest worm. Lu Conglong, Sun Benju, and Qin Bocheng are all similar.
Cheng Shijie would not doubt Song Xiance's ability as a rebel, but the problem was that he would not trust Song Xiance as well.
When Cheng Shijie had a headache, Song Xiance said to Cheng Shijie: "Master, there is a suitable candidate for you!"
"who?"
"Yang Yunniang!"
Song Xiance said: "She is capable and loyal..."
"loyalty?"
Cheng Shijie curled his lips and said, "Don't forget what she does. She doesn't pay for her life by lying to others!"
"It's easy to deal with this matter!"
Song Xiance said with a lewd smile: "My lord took her into his room and showed her her face. She is now an unmarried Yunying, and she is easy to have children. She is destined to have at least four sons in her life... "
"roll……"
Cheng Shijie waved his hand towards Song Xiance and said, "Call Yang Yunniang over!"
Cheng Shijie was not interested in taking in Yang Yuniang, because he had managed the affairs of the late Ming Dynasty and everything was on the normal track, and he could live a good life with Xiang Hui, Cheng Jiayue and Cheng Jialong in the future.
Although the late Ming Dynasty was good, there was no Internet and the pace of life that Cheng Shijie was accustomed to. What's more, he was now very rich. Even if he didn't work, his family could spend ten lifetimes very comfortably.
Song Xiance did not leave, but said seriously: "My lord, you forgot one thing! A very important thing!"
"What?"
"It's time to report your victory to Master Futai!"
"Is reporting victory useful?"
Cheng Shijie said: "Now the treasury is empty and there are rats running around. Sun Yuanhua's treasury has been emptied by me. What's the use of reporting a victory?"
Song Xiance was stunned for a long time: "But... this is a military exploit after all. If you report it, you will definitely get a reward!"
"A reward, what is the use of this commander's reward?"
"If my lord doesn't mind it, I'll write this news for you!"
"Okay, you can write this good news!"
Dengzhou City, governor's office.
More than a month has passed since the Ning Haijun mutiny. Sun Yuanhua became the bare commander. Of course, the Denglai New Army and the Dengzhou Navy were both swept away by Cheng Shijie, but only Geng Zhongming and him were left. There are more than 800 people under his command.
Now Geng Zhongming has become the only general Sun Yuanhua can use.
Geng Zhongming actually didn't understand why Cheng Shijie didn't want him. Zhao Wencai under Kong Youde was taken over by Cheng Shijie. Dongjiang Army deputy commander Shen Shikui, Chen Shiyou, Li Zhixiang, Li Fang and others were all taken over by Cheng Shijie.
Ning Haijun's fully paid staff generals like Geng Zhongming, when they come to Ning Haijun's side, even if they are not given a rank of Dusi, they can be demoted to Chief Qian. Although Ning Haijun's Chief Qian is only a sixth-grade military attache, the problem is that Ning Haijun's Chief Qian has thirty shi of food and an additional ten taels of silver every month. His actual income is nearly half more than that of himself, a third-grade military attaché.
What's more important is that Ning Haijun, regardless of his generals, has an unlimited supply of food, and is also allocated housing and fields. Now that Ning Haijun has gone to Liaonan and been allocated land in Liaonan, it can be regarded as a glorious return to his hometown.
But the problem is, Cheng Shijie seems to have forgotten himself.
It was true that Cheng Shijie was in shock when he discovered Ning Haijun's mutiny, so he fought hard with Sun Yuanhua, and finally got Sun Yuanhua to deal with it, and agreed to cover up Ning Haijun's mutiny. As for the reorganization of the Denglai New Army and the Dengzhou Navy, Geng Zhongming was so fussy Military staff generals are not included in this list.
Geng Zhongming thought of a possibility. Cheng Shijie's official position was obtained when Song Xiance took his own path and met Xu Dacheng through himself, and then bought Zuo Qianhu's official position.
Could it be said that in Cheng Shijie's eyes, he is one of his own?
It must be said that Geng Zhongming's brain circuit is quite strange. Geng Zhongming finally understood what Cheng Shijie meant. He was deliberately left to monitor Sun Yuanhua in case something unexpected happened. As for why he was not discussed with him face to face, he was not a monolithic person. If Sun Yuanhua had an informant, he would be exposed.
This is to bury himself next to Sun Yuanhua in case of emergency.
Just when Geng Zhongming was getting happier and happier, Peng Jianhong from the junior high school came over and reported: "General Geng, Mr. Futai is here to invite you!"
"knew!"
Geng Zhongming arranged his armor and stepped into the back hall.
"Geng Zhongming pays his respects to Mr. Futai!"
"Yuntai (Geng Zhongming's nickname, added at the request of some readers), come and sit!"
"I don't dare!"
"sit down!"
"yes!"
Sun Yuanhua pointed to the map of Liaonan and said: "Yuntai, you are from Liaonan and are familiar with Liaonan. You said it has been more than half a month since the Ning navy crossed the sea. What will the battle situation be like?"
"this……"
Geng Zhongming said with some guilt: "I haven't received any intelligence from southern Liaoning, so it's hard to judge!"
"Just say whatever you want!"
Sun Yuanhua was actually very anxious, unlike Gao Qiqian who looked relaxed. This was related to his political future and the future of his teacher Xu Guangqi.
Geng Zhongming thought about it seriously and said: "I joined the army in the first year of Tianqi. When I first went to the battlefield to kill Jian Nu, they were really strong. Now, although Jian Nu has many troops, their fighting power is not as good as before!"
Sun Yuanhua secretly wondered: "With more people and horses, why does the combat effectiveness decrease?"
"Although everyone in Jiannu is skilled in bow and horse, to become an elite soldier, one must go through years of battlefield baptism!"
Geng Zhongming smiled bitterly: "Back then, the Ming army's combat effectiveness was pretty good. If a member of the Jiannu Banner wanted to become a red-armored soldier, he would have to escape death. Now even the fifteen-year-old boys are wearing red armor."
"So, it is very possible for the Ning Navy to occupy southern Liaoning?"
"No, on the contrary, if the Jiannu army did not attack the Ning Haijun, they could naturally easily occupy Liaonan. The Jiannu should not give up Liaonan. Once the Jiannu army goes south to Liaonan, the Ning Haijun has little chance of winning!"
"well……"
Sun Yuanhua let out a long sigh: "Cheng Shijie is too impatient. He should train Ning Haijun more and prepare enough ammunition. I also sympathize with him. After all, his whole family was slaughtered and he is eager for revenge!"
Geng Zhongming subconsciously asked: "Is Cheng Shuai from Liaodong?"
"Yes, Liaodong Fenghuang Mountain Thousand Households Center!"
Geng Zhongming suddenly realized why Cheng Shijie had attracted so many Dongjiang troops in his army. It was because he was from Liaodong, and people from Liaodong would use Liaodong people.
Now he feels that the burden on him is heavier. He must be optimistic about Sun Yuanhua and don't let Sun Yuanhua hold Cheng Shijie back.
In later generations, Huang Bo once said: "In the past, the crew would meet all kinds of villains, but now they are all good people!"
This is actually human nature. When you are unsuccessful, you are surrounded by bad people and people who are holding you back. When you succeed, you are surrounded by good people who are the icing on the cake.
From the current point of view, Cheng Shijie was successful. He launched a mutiny as a Ning Haijun garrison, and suddenly he was promoted to the left governor, Ning Haijun commander, controlling the Dongjiang Army, which was a higher official position than Mao Wenlong.
In Geng Zhongming's eyes, Cheng Shijie is the hope of Liaodong people.
"Master Futai, Master Futai!"
Peng Jianhong trotted all the way towards the hall. As he ran, he said: "Master Futai!"
Sun Yuanhua was slightly displeased: "What a shame!"
"Lord Futai, Ning Haijun has good news!"
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