Since ancient times, how to deal with captives has been a big problem. If the issue of prisoners is dealt with, the army will gain tremendous popular support. If the issue of prisoners is not handled well, the army will inevitably face accusations from all sides, and the generals may lose their lives because of it.
Bai Qi pit killed 400,000 Zhao Guo's troops, although it did play a role in attacking Zhao Guo's national strength, but it was also insulted from then on. In modern warfare, captivity is also often a topic of concern, and if it is not handled properly, it is very likely to be criticized by the international community.
During the Beiyang government in the last century, the land of China at that time was extremely chaotic. Warlords occupy large tracts of land and attack each other for a small profit. In places where the warlords could not take care of them, there were still many bandits.
In 1928, Song Zheyuan became the chairman of Shanxi Province and the commander-in-chief of the bandits, and in the face of 5,000 prisoners, Song Zheyuan said that he would rather bear the name of the ancients than kill these prisoners. Why, exactly?
First, the soldiers and bandits who ran rampant in Shaanxi
Song Zheyuan's resume is very bright, in 1907, Song Zheyuan became a student of the Beiyang Army's 6th Town With Battalion Martial Arts Academy, and thus began his military career. In 1925, Song Zheyuan became a lieutenant general in the army and held real power in the army.
During the Northern Expedition, the National Revolutionary Army quickly seized Shaanxi, and in order to stabilize the situation, Song Zheyuan was appointed chairman of Shaanxi Province and commander-in-chief of bandits. At that time, there were many bandits in the Shaanxi region, and among all the organized bandits, especially a group of bandits led by Dang Yukun was the most vicious.
Unlike other peasants who could not survive and turned into bandits, Dang Yukun's gang of bandits was mostly from the army, and they had fought with warlords before and had actually touched guns. Dang Yukun's boss Guo Jian originally belonged to the Northwest Army, and due to the infighting in the Northwest Army, Guo Jian was killed, and Dang Yukun led the troops to become a free mountain king.
This gang of soldiers not only asked for money, but also for their lives. Since he had served in the regular army, Dang Yukun attached great importance to expanding his own strength. They gained money by looting burns, while at the same time devoting it to the purchase of military supplies, constantly expanding their strength.
In addition to robbing the common people, Dang Yukun and his gang also did a very outrageous thing. They colluded with some local tycoons and gentry to excavate the ancient tombs that existed in Shaanxi Province. The excavated artifacts were either sold to these rich people or sold abroad.
In the face of such a strong group of enemies, the Shaanxi Provincial Government at that time did not want to solve it. Shaanxi was the territory of the Northwest Army, and the Northwest Army had repeatedly sent men and horses to attack these people. With little success, Fengxiang City, where Dang Yukun's men were stationed, was in the middle of the mountains, easy to defend and difficult to attack. At the same time, a large amount of grain and grass was also hoarded, and the troops who came to requisition it would not be long before they could return without success.
Faced with such a situation, the then National Government asked Song Zheyuan to come out of the mountains. Such a veteran who has been in the battlefield for a long time, in the face of these famous bandits in Shaanxi, presumably he will be able to find an effective way to give the people a tranquility.
After all, Song Zheyuan was born in the military class of the Eight Classics of Zheng'er, and he also had very rich military experience, and knew the principle of outsmarting if he could not attack strongly. When attacking Dang Yukun's gang of bandits, he did not give up lightly, but tried to find a way to create opportunities. How did Song Zheyuan suppress dang yukun and this gang of bandits?
Second, show no mercy to bandits
At first, Song Zheyuan did not think much of this group of bandits. Song Zheyuan had already experienced the baptism of regular war, and he did not feel that it was difficult for these bandits who lacked guns to win. He wanted someone in his hand, and he wanted a gun and a gun, and Song Zheyuan felt that he had no need to be afraid at all.
As soon as the battle began, Song Zheyuan led 30,000 soldiers to attack the city where the bandits were located in the most sparse and ordinary way. These soldiers, who had experienced the Northern Expedition, were already very familiar with trench warfare, and theoretically, it was not a problem to capture the city defended by the bandits.
Unfortunately, because the terrain of Fengxiang City, where the bandits were located, was too dangerous, Song Zheyuan's soldiers could be said to be struggling to attack. Fengxiang City also has a nickname, that is, "Lying Cow City". The area where the whole city is located is very small, which is not conducive to the deployment of soldiers, and thus can resist the attack of the army with a small number of troops.
Seeing that the battle was getting worse and worse, Song Zheyuan began to pay attention to this battle with his heart. The use of position warfare will only make his soldiers suffer more casualties, while the enemy's sacrifice is very small, Song Zheyuan needs to think of a clever way, not only will not damage his own strength, but also can take down this group of bandits.
Song Zheyuan quickly thought of a way, and he gathered a large number of soldiers on the front, pretending to carry out a strong attack to attract the attention of the bandits. But he didn't really want to attack, but he planned to outsmart. More than 200 meters from Fengxiang City, Song Zheyuan commanded soldiers in a private house to dig tunnels, intending to defeat the bandits by surprise.
First, it is morale, and second, it is grain and grass. Naturally, the bandits needless to say, they put all the gold, silver, treasures, grain and grass they had looted in Fengxiang City, and Song Zheyuan outside the city did not leave for a day, and they would shrink in the city every day.
But Song Zheyuan could not afford to consume, 30,000 troops had to eat every day, and the grain could only be supplied by the local government. In order to attack these bandits, the land has been lost so much that the people can even take out the rations. If Song Zheyuan could not eliminate this gang of bandits, he would really have no face to see Shaanxi's father and fellow countrymen.
The soldiers dug day and night for half a month, and only then did they advance more than 200 meters and successfully dig the roots of the fengxiang city wall. The soldiers dug a very large hole under the base of the city wall and buried a total of 4,000 kilograms of explosives in it.
The defenders in the city could not have imagined that there were so many Song Zheyuan troops attacking on the front, but there were still people secretly digging tunnels on the side. With a loud noise, the power of the 4,000-kilogram explosive explosion startled the defenders in the city, and the city wall was blown out of a large hole.
In addition to 4,000 kilograms of explosives, Song Zheyuan also prepared another gift for the bandits, that is, 1500 artillery pieces. This was almost all the heavy weapons that Song Zheyuan was able to master at that time, and there was no specific arrangement, and the mountain cannons, field artillery, mortars and other equipment were fired together, lined with the power of 4,000 kilograms of explosives, so that the bandits in the city thought that the world was falling apart.
Seeing that the plan had succeeded, Song Zheyuan immediately commanded a large army to pounce on the city. Suddenly, the bandits in the group scattered, and there was no way to organize effective resistance. In this battle, Song Zheyuan suppressed the bandits in Fengxiang City, killing more than 2,000 enemy people and capturing more than 5,000 prisoners.
In how to deal with the bandits, Song Zheyuan thought of exterminating them all. In his opinion, these people had never done anything good in the first place, even if he let these people go now, but these people had no land and no foundation for themselves, and I was afraid that they would still follow the old road of bandits in the future.
Instead of leaving a curse on the local people, it is better to let yourself bear a curse, but also give the people a quiet. The 5,000 captives were thus exterminated by Song Zheyuan, and the common people did not have the slightest pity for these people, and clapped their hands and applauded.
After a period of rectification in the northwest, in 1933, the Japanese army occupied Chengde, and the 29th Army led by Song Zheyuan was sent to Xifengkou, where he fought fiercely with the Japanese army and became the object of praise at that time. People did not ignore his anti-Japanese exploits because of such a small stain, on the contrary, most people expressed admiration for his righteous and awe-inspiring behavior.
summary
In a troubled world, the kindness of a woman will only bring trouble. Although Song Zheyuan killed more than 5,000 bandits and captured them, although he injured the morality of a soldier, judging from the situation at that time, these bandits were indeed dead and dead. They run amok in the townships and bring great harm to the common people, and if they are not brought to justice on the spot, if these people are organized again, it will not be so easy to deal with at that time.
In such a chaotic world at that time, it was very difficult for everyone to survive, but this was not a reason for these people to be bandits. When Song Zheyuan arrived with a large army, these bandits did not show any weakness, and they themselves were ready to die.
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