The dilapidated town is not a dead place. There is still some life in the wind with a desolate temperament. There are pheasants foraging for food and crows eating carrion.
Ever since the Han general Wang Meng led the Hu-Han coalition to visit, this place has almost become an extinct territory. Darkness and loneliness are the main colors. The rotten smell spreads throughout the inside and outside, and the strong wind from the northwest seems to be unable to blow away.
There is no doubt that most of the corpses in the rubble are party members. There was so much fanaticism and excitement at the time of the rebellion, but so much sadness and desolation when it became a land of withered bones.
It is obviously not true that all party members want to rebel against the Han Dynasty and go against the imperial court.
Among the common people at the bottom, except for their different beliefs, production methods and living habits, there are no essential differences between the Hu and Han people.
However, the distinction between ethnic groups is an objective implementation. When someone preaches imperial oppression and Han occupation, the party members will inevitably be deceived by them. There are only a few careerists, but those ordinary party members who are incited and those who are hostile to the rebels Those who silently encourage and support cannot simply be described as innocent.
In their hearts, they don't want to establish an independent party regime, that is, restore the original status of the disaster army, even if most people don't know whether such a result will be beneficial to them, and how beneficial it will be.
The court's counter-insurgency operations can be described as brutal and brutal. As for humanity, it really doesn't make much sense for an autocratic monarchy like the Han Dynasty. Those in power in the Han Dynasty preferred to talk about the way of heaven, but for the court, what is the way of heaven? Those who follow me will prosper, those who go against me will perish, that's all.
In fact, the party members in Yulin were already feeling guilty even after the imperial court took such a severe stance and launched such a large-scale military operation. But when Yuan Ke and Li Jiqian were defeated one after another, it completely turned into panic, and even There was an ideological schism, and it was difficult for rebels and parties from all over the country to unite.
At that time, many people felt that it was time to "just give up". The imperial court was so powerful that rebellion would not end well. This understanding became particularly clear.
However, such reflection is too late. Different from the previous dynasties' attitude towards the Hu people's rebellion, it was not to send troops to attack, defeat the rebels, and then have a few years of peace, waiting for the next rebellion to break out.
Under the will of Emperor Liu, the Han Dynasty always adhered to the principle of eradicating evil and eradicating the roots when dealing with such rebellions. If there was any possibility of being tolerant to ordinary Han people, it left little room for the barbarians.
In the past twenty years or so, countless rebellions and turmoils have occurred in the Han Dynasty from south to north and from the inside out. Without exception, all those who participated in the rebellion were either killed or thrown into certain death camps. There is no possibility of exemption for the prison camp project.
After such a high-pressure policy lasted for more than 20 years, most of the barbarians began to gradually tame and were in a state of naturalization. After all, most of the rebels and those suspected of rebellion were killed or put into prison camps for reform.
For many party members in Yulin, they sympathize with the rebels and support the rebellion, but as long as they do not personally participate in it like Yeli and other tribes, there is room for it.
If the rebels succeed, they can take advantage of the opportunity to gain benefits. If the rebels fail, they will not suffer much loss. At most, they can return to the days of the past twenty years or so, and they will not be able to get used to it.
However, nothing is so easy in the world, especially the special ethnic, political, and military conditions in Yulin and even the northwest, which made the court's attitude extremely resolute and its actions extremely ruthless, giving no chance to those who were determined to make ends meet. The situation is complicated, it is difficult to distinguish between ourselves and the enemy, and between loyal and traitors, so we should eliminate them all.
At this point, many party members have just woken up and regretted it endlessly. However, it was too late, the life-threatening rope had already been put around his neck, and the beheading knife had been sharpened.
As far as the imperial court was concerned, in order to set up this formation, hundreds of thousands of troops were mobilized, and countless people, money and material resources were spent. After paying such a heavy price, there was no room for anything. There was no possibility of braking, and the only choice was to follow the established strategic plan. Keep doing it until it's done.
The most significant result was that the entire area of Yulin turned into blood. Within a thousand miles, there were no human beings, and even if there were any, they were just corpses.
In Yulin, there is no doubt that those killed are "traitors", but the murderer is not necessarily so. The reason for this lies in the policy announced at the beginning that those who hold the head of a rebel and present it to the government will be exempted from death.
In Yulin, where killings were rampant, the only policy of forgiveness for traitors was inevitably misunderstood. Of course, it might have been within the expectations of the court.
As early as the formation of the Yulin blockade and the severe shortage of border supplies, some rebels who had nothing to grab and no enemy to invade felt threatened.
In the severe cold of ice and snow, wealth and honor were not the goal of the rebels. Survival was the first priority. At that time, some rebels had already begun to attack the "rebels" and snatch survival supplies. Later, they simply The leader took the risk to surrender to the government.
Regarding these "anyway" behaviors, under the auspices of Zhao Wang Liu Fang, he did not break his promise, but strictly followed Emperor Liu's wishes, accepted them all, and granted him a certificate of escape from guilt and death.
Of course, for these people, they could be exempted from death penalty but could not escape from living crime. They were all shunted to all over the world. Anxi, Anton, Annan and Nanyang were all destinations for exile. But no matter what, at least his life was saved.
With these examples, the remaining rebels will have a practical reference for how to choose. This is where the internal killings among the rebel comrades began. At first, it was just a small-scale conflict and a fight for food, but later it evolved into a complete battle for survival.
After Yuan and Li were defeated by the official army and the rebel forces from all walks of life, there was no reason to persist. A large-scale elimination match officially began. The imperial court's reward was only aimed at the officers, soldiers, Han people, and servants Zahu, but the rebels just wanted to survive, and they attacked the surrounding rebel teams mercilessly.
At the same time, in addition to the government and military organizations, those who pursued the rebels also included party members in Yulin, including their own kind, but they also had to pick up steel knives in order to survive. In the same way, if a party member holds the head of a "traitor", he can still avoid death.
As a result, the Colosseum in Yulin reached its climax, with everyone killing people and being killed.
In the entire chess game, only the officers and soldiers were the most relaxed. The rest were just trying to survive. In contrast, those ordinary party members are in the most difficult situation and have the most miserable fate.
When they had to pick up knives, mount horses, and target the rebels in order to survive, the rebels also discovered that it was easier to deal with ordinary party members than those who were organized, and after taking their heads, they If you can survive, the government doesn't care whether you are a rebel or not, so why should they care?
By March of the 22nd year of Kaibao, the total number of "surrenders" accepted by Yulin government offices was only 7,000, which meant that at least 7,000 rebel heads had been sacrificed.
Yulin is far from having such a large number of people. As for the remaining people, most of them have become rewards for the officers and soldiers.
After entering March, the catastrophe seems to have passed quietly, and the sounds of fighting no longer occur one after another. The ghosts and gods are shaking and crying. After the carnival, there is silence. Huang Yangping is a standard example.
Huang Yangping, who had fallen into deathly silence, welcomed another group of visitors yesterday. There were not many people, less than a hundred people. They were in ragged clothes and in embarrassed shapes. Everyone had a knife, and there were more than a dozen horses that were as fleshy as firewood.
In Yulin these days, no one can survive, let alone animals. And just this morning, an internal strife broke out not so unexpectedly. These nearly a hundred people fought and killed each other. In the end, more than forty people survived. Then, under suspicion, they worked hard again, and only There were about twenty people.
Finally, all the heads were cut off, pulled by more than a dozen horses, and silently rushed to Xiazhou in the south.
However, on the way, they were discovered by a group of officers and cavalry. In a surprise attack, all the remaining 20 people were killed and nearly a hundred heads were awarded. This group of officers and soldiers were able to share nearly a hundred dollars.
It is a true policy that if you surrender the head of a rebel to the government, you can survive. This policy is true, and the government never breaks its promise, but the premise is that you can get to the town and meet the responsible officials. As for such a small team, a group of official cavalry can easily destroy it. In such a cruel environment in Yulin, unless one is very lucky, there is almost no chance of survival.
The silence in Yulin in the past few months has almost been silence here. The government and soldiers were silent, and the court was also silent.
(End of chapter)
