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Chapter 308 The Burning Grassland

The Cheng family is in Shaonan, so they can get whatever they want.

Unlike the nouveau riche who were discriminated against, the Cheng family's rise will not be vilified, at least in the southwest.Their ability to quickly integrate resources and occupy the commanding heights was mostly due to their status as a noble family.If it were a talented star warlock or a lucky senior civil servant, it would be no problem if he wanted to benefit his descendants or become a local power. However, if he wanted to expand rapidly, he would have to struggle for a longer time.

It's like the difference between an emerging small company with high profitability and those giants that suddenly find a profitable project.It is impossible for a small company without accumulation to capture the profits of every link in the industrial chain.

The ups and downs of aristocratic families are usually regarded as normal by people. Except for a little resistance from the earl to the marquis, the world will not say much about it.In contrast, if an ordinary person with three generations of commoners wanted to become a baron, he would suffer much more criticism—in Daxia, the fastest steps for aristocrats should be three steps: marriage of lord, jazz, and nobles.

If a high-ranking civil servant has served the royal family for a lifetime, he will usually be rewarded by a lord before he dies. Although it cannot be hereditary, in the unspoken rules, if his son or grandson can become a high-ranking civil servant, he can directly inherit it.As for the senior officials of the political affairs hall, after they retire, they are often honored by knights.In addition, the main way to obtain jazz is military merit.

The second generation son of the jazz father is the key to whether a family can get the title of nobility.He must be versatile in both civil and military affairs, handsome and unrestrained, graceful, good at singing and dancing, and then try his best to hook up with a girl from an aristocratic family.If the girl's father is a prestigious baron, or her family belongs to a wealthy family, then the second generation will have a great chance of getting the baron's title before they die, if they work hard after inheriting their father's jazz. title.

Not only does Daxia have such a strict aristocratic system, but in most countries, if a commoner wants to become an aristocrat, it basically takes more than three generations of hardships.In addition to the gap that can be seen at a glance, the aristocratic family is also more foresighted in terms of talent reserves.Just like the political officials who were democratically elected in later generations, Daxia went up to the senior officials of the political affairs hall and down to the county magistrate, the government would not provide them with enough subordinate officials-no secretary, no assistant, no deputy, In many cases, even low-level officials are not enough.If you are not noble, you must have considerable genius, a lot of wealth, and extremely attractive traits in order to obtain an excellent assistant.

And these annoying and necessary details, the nobles can skip them.

For example, now, when they knew that Cheng Jinzhou needed junior officers and troops, the Cheng family agreed without hesitation.As for whether his grandfather Cheng Wenzheng agreed, or some other elder, no one said, and no one would know.

A full 100 military officers lined up neatly in the Cheng family's own school grounds.All of them have big arms and round waists, with ferocious expressions, and the scars that are inevitably exposed show their rich experience.A group of people stared fiercely at Cheng Jinzhou's 15-year-old body.

He has just reached the 1.6-meter standard, and he feels like a sheep patrolling among wolves.

"The Cheng family was founded with military exploits, and the title is earned by working hard with one's life. There are many people in the world who want to work hard. If they have the opportunity to work hard, not many can get the title if they work hard. Now I will give you a chance." Cheng Jinzhou said very seriously. The slow speed is also very short, but the eyes did not look at any soldier.

"Please rest assured, my lord." The soldiers' answers were deafening, with a breathtaking sense of grandeur.

Cheng Jinzhou was a little bit emotional, 100 people set out here, but he didn't know how many people would come back.

However, if you think about it in another way, if you don't fight to the death, how many people can be a master.If you want to stand taller than others, you have to risk falling down.

"Go down and get something." Cheng Jinzhou waved his hand, not wanting to think about those annoying philosophical issues.

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The 100 officers are all elite members of the Great Xia Forbidden Army, the foundation of the Young and Strong faction.After seeing the process in Jinzhou, everyone got hundreds of kilograms of petrol bombs—distilling oil, and getting gasoline or diesel oil according to the weight. The existence of oil refineries is mainly for large-scale and efficient refining, which is essentially the same as Indigenous oil refining is no different.

They returned to their camp and began mobilizing with great fanfare.

This kind of mobilization is actually a self-mobilization of the army bypassing the center, and preparing for combat under the current conditions, so as to prevent the enemy from attacking in a fit of anger, and our own side will suffer instead.

Because they did not want to be hampered by civilian officials, all mobilizations were carried out in private.In fact, there are extremely high requirements for the mastery of the officer corps. They have to open the warehouse, take out the weapons sealed in oil, replace the wooden guns used for training with real iron guns, and distribute the stomachs to the soldiers. .The so-called "peace of mind" means that the soldiers must have a weapon to lean on. The separation of weapons and soldiers in the national army during peacetime is not unique to Daxia.

Before World War II, the Japanese "below the top" does not mean that any army can do it.However, the tradition of side generals provoking side quarrels has a long history, and a little improvement can meet Cheng Jinzhou's needs.

The so-called border provocation is not only the only way for border generals to obtain meritorious service and property, but also a broad and profound knowledge.

Going deep into the enemy's rear to kill people and destroy property is the lowest level method. Not to mention the gains, it is easy to cause dissatisfaction among the civil servants of one's own side.Of course, their heads will not be given to the enemy for disposal, but the result is satisfactory to the enemy, and the disaster of war will naturally disappear.

Attacking the enemy's patrol soldiers, and then attacking the enemy's military buildings, is a relatively common method, but it is not necessarily easy to use-when the two sides are in military tension, they will not launch an offensive because of this, and they will not get merit; the relationship between the two sides When there is harmony, it is likely to cause fire.

The gentlemen of Zhengshitang are not vegetarians either. Half of the censors dispatched every year search for targets among the generals—generals are rewarded for killing enemies, and censors are rewarded for killing generals.Perfect food chain structure.

Therefore, in a world dominated by civil servants, military generals who want to get promoted and make a fortune must not only put more thought into it, but also need a little bit of luck.

Qingling.

The officers who returned to the barracks secretly called the soldiers into the tent and began persuasive education in their own style.The generals of the garrison knew what was going on, but Joe didn't know.

On the second night, groups of soldiers began to rush out of the barracks one after another. Since there were a total of 100 detachments, there were so many that many detachments formed themselves.The number of people in each team is variable, as few as four or five people, as many as four or 50 people, and they don't talk to each other when they meet each other. Some ride horses, some drive cars, some walk, and move forward silently.

Since the Luoshan Pass no longer existed, the defense of the Northern Han Dynasty lost its focus. It was impossible for an army of tens of thousands of people to guard against a tens of kilometers long territory without a city wall.All they could do was to release scouts and observe whether a large number of troops had infiltrated.

The logistical conditions of this era are not yet popular for deep penetration operations of large forces, especially on enemy land.The Northern Han people concentrated their troops, and once they found an enemy invading, they just attacked.It is not their specialty to build fortifications but keep their roots.

An Wenchang, who was in charge of the original border defense, had the right idea, and it was the best way to ensure national security under limited conditions. However, the smugglers and Daxia soldiers were able to cross the border with ease, going deep for more than 20 kilometers until Tianshui On the prairie, they were in danger just now.

As the largest grassland in the Northern Han Dynasty, the Tianshui grassland is lush with water and grass, and several major rivers will not stop flowing in winter.In today's summer season, the meadow is full of gurgling streams, I don't know where it comes from, and I don't know where it goes.

Herdsmen herd herds with families as the unit and tribes as the center.A family of dozens of people can occupy a grassland with a radius of several miles.They will graze here for about a hundred days before returning to the tribe.

An eight or nine-year-old child is milking under the mare. Horse milk is their main food. Cow and goat milk are more expensive and cannot be eaten often.

As soon as he got out from under the horse, he saw a dozen black shadows appearing on the other side of the grassland.

The shepherd boy, who had not seen a stranger for a long time, shouted excitedly. He didn't care about the basin at his feet, jumped on his horse and rushed towards him.

Two more people got out of the tent, smiling and looking at the shepherd boy in front of them.

But soon, the herding horse that was running forward not only stopped, but also turned around desperately.

The herdsmen panicked, and the man in the family took out his bow and arrow, and at the same time sent his youngest son to the tribe to call the police.

The Daxia soldiers who were discovered were also outnumbered and tried their best to catch up, but the speed was very slow.

The soldiers of Daxia have not entered the depths of the grassland for at least 50 to [-] years. This time has made them feel at a loss when faced with hunting and being hunted.

Nearly half of the team was lost, but the other teams also reached the designated position with difficulty.

Grasslands will not be affected by serious fires in summer, so professional arson investigations by astrologists, complete maps and suitable weapons are needed to burn tens of thousands of square kilometers of grasslands. Grass to eat, the gentlemen of the Northern Han Dynasty had to fight even if they didn't want to fight.

The crime of provocation must still be pushed on them.

On the evening of the sixth day when the officer corps set off, as soon as the sun went down, several sections of the Tianshui Grassland Wind Road gathered first to burn.

Hundreds of kilograms of oil are enough to ensure the burning of thousands of square meters of grassland. As long as the wind direction remains unchanged, the grass will crackle and crackle no matter how much moisture it contains.

The bright red color became the main color of Tianshui Grassland in an instant.

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(End of this chapter)