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1052 The line between civilization and barbarism has never been so clear in Cao Xiu's mind

Atami died in battle.

This way of death is the most heroic and has been the most praised throughout history.

Of course, this requires a high level of nature of the war. Death in a just war that concerns the life and death of the country and nation is the most commendable.

From the perspective of the small Kunmi tribe, Atami is undoubtedly heroic because he is fighting for everyone's survival.

But from the perspective of the Western Regions United Army, Atami is a typical example of not crying when he sees the coffin, and fighting with beasts.

They were very annoyed by Atami's resistance, because Atami's resistance brought them great losses, which they were unwilling to accept.

So when Atami's resistance was over, the one who greeted his tribes was crazy killing.

The elderly, weak, sick and disabled have lost their protectors, and it is still difficult for them to protect themselves. Faced with the Western Regions United Army, which was so eye-catching that they had no power to fight back.

Isn’t the so-called spoils the elderly, the weak, the sick and the disabled and the property they own?

Their cattle and sheep, their tents, their daily necessities, their wealth, including themselves.

Isn’t that the one Cao Xiu promised to the countries in the Western Regions?

Therefore, Cao Xiu restrained the Wei army and made the Wei army line up without participating in this tragic massacre. He then watched all this happen coldly and did not interfere with the actions of the armies of the Western Regions.

Cao Xiu heard Guo Peng talk about what happened when Guo Peng quelled the Yellow Turban Rebellion under Lu Zhi's command.

After the soldiers defeated the Yellow Turban Army and won the victory, they carried out inhumane looting and massacre of the Yellow Turban family. There were much more Yellow Turban family members who died there than the Yellow Turban Army.

The reason is also very simple, because the definition of these families is trophy and there is no difference between them and the property they own.

The army at that time and the current Wei army have undergone earth-shaking changes.

At that time, soldiers did not recognize words, and no concept existed for them.

The generals and soldiers of the Wei army who lived in the present have received more than ten years of high-intensity discipline and cultural education. Under the influence of the concept of [country] and [national] that Guo Peng has constantly instilled in, they have gradually gained a clear national consciousness and national consciousness.

They began to develop different perceptions of internal and external warfare, and realized the differences between civil and foreign warfare.

Before Guo Peng established the Wei army, such a concept did not exist. Before Cao Xiu entered the Wei army for education, he did not know that such concept existed.

The formation of the concept of Han people still went through a very long process.

At least during the Han Dynasty, due to the extreme backward transportation and the blockage of information, the formation of a political pattern of counties as the country, for the lower class people, people from different counties were like people from different countries.

The group identity of most people is mainly reflected in the county level, not the state, nor the Han country.

They called the prefect the prefect the king, and the king of a mansion. When they entered the mansion, they would regard him as the king, thereby affecting the political structure of a county.

If you are not from the same county, you are not your own people. If you are not your own people, then fighting is like a foreign war.

Whether it is to beat the dead, rob women and children, or set fire to slaughter, there is no guilt.

Recruiting troops from different regions to fight against rebels from another region. After the battle, they burned, killed, looted, and then sent them home and completed them in one go.

Take the Battle of Han and Qiang for example. For the high-level elites of that period, the difference between Han and Qiang was certainly more obvious.

However, for the lower class people, the Battle of Han and Qiang and the Civil War between the two different counties was not much different, and the result was the same.

After the war is over, should you burn, kill, loot or loot? You will not be treated differently just because you are a Han or a Qiang person.

This situation changed during the process of Guo Peng gradually sweeping the world.

When Guo Peng first established the army, he strictly disciplined the army and promoted the status of military law to an infinite height.

For soldiers, military law is everything. It is not senior officers who deal with them, but military law, as well as the interpretation and executors of military law.

The senior officers do not have the power to punish soldiers in non-war times.

Senior officers can only punish subordinates who disobey orders because they gain all leadership during war.

The most important thing for new recruits in the Wei army to join the army is not military training, but military law learning. In order to better learn military law, literacy is necessary.

Therefore, the soldiers of the Wei army generally recognize many words, and the two first words they knew were the two words country.

Through the process of military judges coaching, soldiers were instilled with the concept of a country, allowing them to know what a country is, what a home is, what their own people are, and what their enemies are.

Everyone is a Chinese and is all their own. We should not distinguish between enemies and enemies by different hometowns.

No matter which state, county, or county you are born in, those who speak Chinese language and recognize Chinese characters are all our own people and all Chinese people.

Since they are all Chinese, they must treat them differently. When attacking Chinese people ruled by the enemy, they must restrain themselves and restrain themselves. They are not allowed to burn, kill, loot at will, and bully the weak, bully women, children and the elderly.

Because they are all Chinese, Wei soldiers were all Chinese before joining the army, and they came from Chinese, so naturally they could not bully Chinese. If you bully their family, will they not bully your family?

A country is a family, and a family is a country. A country and country are one. No one should bully anyone, nor should they discriminate against anyone.

Therefore, you cannot burn, kill, loot, or do it. If you do it, you will fight in the nest, you will be wrong, it will be a huge sin, and you will be punished.

By binding this understanding with military law, through the strict implementation and ruthlessness of military law, Guo Peng made the group of Wei Jun the first group of people in the entire country who had the vision of the Chinese people.

The Wei army group was the first to view the entire Chinese from the perspective of the Chinese people.

Therefore, the later the Wei army paid more attention to military discipline and the distinction between combatants and ordinary people.

Let’s not talk about everything, at least this proportion is constantly increasing, and the mental outlook of the entire army has also changed a little.

In this way, during the march and conquest, the Wei army was more likely to be favored and recognized by the people in the occupied areas.

After Guo Peng ascended the throne and became emperor, he replaced the Han Empire and established the Wei Empire, the war target gradually shifted from home to abroad, and the concept of Chinese people was further consolidated and established among the Wei army.

The Wei army group never had any doubts or opposition to such a concept from top to bottom, including the generals who commanded the troops.

The recruits did not understand and were very confused, but in such a group atmosphere, it was still easy to have such an understanding.

Mr. Guo was unable to provide compulsory education to the people of the whole country, and he didn't have the money.

However, it is not difficult for the hundreds of thousands of Wei army members to educate them in this aspect, and to instill the concept of the country and nation in them while literacy, so that they can have such concepts.

His efforts over the past decade have not been in vain. He has obtained a disciplined army that is able to restrain itself universally.

Cao Xiu was naturally one of them.

Cao Xiu was very close to Guo Peng, and he understood more clearly what a country is, what a nation is, and what soldiers should pay attention to when marching and fighting.

He was full of hatred for the warlords who plundered soldiers and killed wantonly in the chaotic times of the pre-Han period, believing that they were not civilized people at all, and could not even be considered alone.

So when Cao Xiu watched Xinlimi and his subordinates chase and kill the fleeing Xiao Kunmi leading people, he felt it was incredible and difficult to understand.

At this moment, he felt the difference between civilization and barbarity.

The barbarians are indeed barbarians.

Xiao Kunmi and the resistance army have been defeated. These people are all from Wusun. They have lost their rule and leadership, lost their force, and are harmless.

Isn’t it help you to stop killing, put them into your rule, and let them produce, pay taxes, and give birth to offspring and increase their population?

Although I may not agree, you should ask me for it?

As a result, he didn't even ask for it and directly chased it in the front.

Cao Xiu could only shake his head helplessly.

I felt that some of my little plots seemed vulnerable and powerless in the face of their savage.

The boundary between civilization and barbarism has never been so clear in Cao Xiu's mind.

At the same time, he also deeply realized how meaningful the education that prevailed in the Wei army was.

If it weren't for the existence of this kind of education, the Wei soldiers under his command would definitely not be what they are now.

It will definitely be like twenty or thirty years ago, these Western Regions people will fight, kill, and show their ugly appearance.
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