Chapter 5 Section five
Most of the foreign students learn Western swordsmanship.It is an elegant skill, and in the future you can make friends in high society when you return to your country.
Sheng Shicai devoted himself to learning Japanese swords.Japanese swords are curved, narrow, long and flexible, and can be wrapped around the waist.
Without superb skills, not to mention offense, you can't even dance.At the beginning, he suffered a lot, and the knife often cut himself on himself, which was full of scars.The Japanese instructors are very strict, and if there is a slight mistake in the action, the slap will come immediately, and the slap is genuine.
On the day of graduation, the instructor bowed to Sheng Shicai repeatedly on the podium. The instructor said: "Sheng Jun is a Chinese, and his enthusiasm for learning Japanese swords is really admirable. We Japanese should learn from him. Now I would like to ask Sheng Jun to tell you a few words."
Sheng Shicai stood at attention and saluted the instructor, "There are two reasons why I learned Japanese swords. One is that Japanese swords are good at actual combat and have no pretensions. The sword skills are simple and fierce; the other is that Japanese swords can best reflect the courage of soldiers. They are soft and strong. This is the highest quality of a soldier."
The instructor said: "Go on Sheng Jun, you have a lot to say, and I can feel it when I teach you."
Sheng Shicai said: "I am a Manchurian. There is a saying in Japanese military circles that it is better to lose the mainland than to give up Manchuria. During the Russo-Japanese War, the Russians and Japanese sent hundreds of thousands of troops to fight each other in my hometown. As a Chinese, I will never forget the national humiliation. My ancestor, Gou Jian, the king of Yue, sacrificed his life and sacrificed his courage to avenge the country’s enmity. I came to Japan with the determination to wash away the national humiliation.”
Sheng Shicai said: "General Harada once said that he never encountered strong resistance from the Chinese army in Liaodong, but he saw hunters in the Northeast. Our real hero in the Northeast is Redbeard. Redbeard often knocks his opponents down and binds him to a tree. , tore off his clothes, pulled out his heart with a knife, chewed it with Bai Xue, and the blood was all over his beard. This is how the red beards fought with the enemy. They are more powerful than the army."
Sheng Shicai said: "I was on the campus of Tokyo Imperial University and listened to a speech by a member of the Japanese Diet. The member said that China has a vast territory and fertile soil, a mild climate and abundant rainfall. The Yamato nation should develop there and win a superior living for Japan Space. The opinion of the Japanese political circles coincides with that of the military circles, and war between China and Japan is inevitable. Everyone, I, Sheng, went to Fusang to save my country, and also for the Japanese army to encounter real wars when they attack China. opponent."
The instructors and students surrounded him and patted him on the shoulder, "Mr. Sheng, you are a good person. I am so happy to be with a Chinese like you."
At that time, the young soldiers in the Japanese army formed many secret organizations. They admired the Shinto of their country and the pure Japanese spirit.Cadets take membership in these organizations as their highest honor.The non-commissioned officer Ota Hei wanted to introduce the Chinese Sheng Shicai to everyone, and everyone was at a loss for a while.Those who came to the military academy agreed that this Chinese had the temperament of a real warrior.Everyone was surprised.
The cadet said: "Don't think that China has been defeated by us. China has many heroes."
Everyone expressed their willingness to get acquainted with this Chinese.As soon as Sheng Shicai appeared, the warriors clapped their swords and sang an ancient Japanese song: When you look at the bright moon with a spear, when will it shine on the bones?Follow the white bird to fly to the sky, leaving the skeleton in the world.
Sheng Shicai was aroused by the singing of foreign warriors. The warriors said: "Sheng Jun's blood is boiling." "Sheng Jun, we can smell the fragrance of your blood." The iron anchor will sink into the warrior's body, and where the blood flows, the magnificence of life will condense.
Sheng Shicai said: "Unfortunately, China's military does not have an organization like yours. The powerful people are all warlords. There are many hot-blooded men in the lower ranks of the army. Once they rise to the top, their blood vessels will dry up and their faces will turn yellow, and they will become useless guys." Everyone It is said that China has produced heroes since ancient times, please ask Sheng Jun to talk about Chinese heroes.
Sheng Shicai will introduce the unrivaled heroes in Northeast China, how the ancestor of the Jurchens, Wanyan Aguda, rose up in Changbai Mountain, defeated hundreds of thousands of Liao troops with bloody courage, and went straight from Liaodong to the Central Plains to destroy the Northern Song Dynasty.
After Genghis Khan rose from the desert, the Jurchens retreated to the mountains and forests. After hundreds of years of recuperation, another great hero, Nurhachi, appeared.Nurhachi does not read sage books, only reads.As you all know, it is the heroic epic of our Chinese, and it is as respected as the British "Beowulf", the Spanish "Song of the Cid", the French "Song of Roland", and the Russian "Igor's Expedition". The bravery of blood and the wisdom of our Chinese people are a book of wisdom and a book of heroes.It's a pity that Chinese scholars don't read this book, and it's not considered elegant.Nurhachi brought it back to the northeast and gave a copy to each of the Eight Banners generals as a treasure book of national rejuvenation and military strategy. ——In the Battle of Liaodong, more than 60,000 Eight Banners soldiers who were good at field battles defeated the 200,000 well-equipped Ming army in one go, and began to occupy the Central Plains.The Manchus ushered in a great era in China.
The samurai shouted: "Chinese people like you are too rare to see. The Chinese who come to Japan to study are all anti-Qing elements, and they all hate the Qing Dynasty."
Sheng Shicai told them that it was in the past. Now that the Republic of China is in place, the Manchu Qing Dynasty is also our China. If Nurhachi is reborn, not to mention the Sino-British Opium War, let alone the Sino-British Opium War.
"Heroes emerge in troubled times, and China is about to produce great heroes."
"Definitely not the Beiyang warlord."
"How about Chiang Kai-shek?"
Sheng Shicai’s expression was secretive, and the Japanese warriors couldn’t figure out his thoughts. The cadets changed the subject and talked about ancient heroes. We like ancient Chinese heroes. Great hero, why don’t you speak out, we Japanese worship heroes very much.”
"After the Liao Kingdom was destroyed by the Jin Dynasty, the emperors of the Liao Kingdom lost their fighting spirit. The royal family Yelu Dashi led 200 family soldiers on an expedition of 10,000 miles, from Liaodong to the Western Regions, defeated the Arab Empire and established the Western Liao Dynasty. I am from Liaodong , I can hear the sound of horseshoes of two hundred heroes conquering the Western Regions in my dreams."
"Have you noticed that Sheng Jun has a soft spot for those heroes who avenge their shame?"
"Revenge is the dream of several generations of Chinese people. We people in the Northeast are more fierce. The Northeast is sandwiched between the two imperialists of Japan and Russia. Under heavy pressure, there must be a brave man. A bloody man is a horse with a gun in his hand. , the blood stained the red beard, a life worth living."
The samurai couldn't help shouting, "Red beard, good-looking red beard, Sheng Jun is probably the only red beard who went abroad to study abroad." He drank it with a small wooden spoon and had to stop for a long time after drinking it. Everyone was frightened by Sheng Shicai's booze.The non-commissioned officer chuckled, "Drink well and drink well, Mr. Sheng showed his true colors as a hero, and the real person doesn't show his face. It's so rare!"
Sheng Shicai said: "Beards have their own rules, and they despise the government and the law. The rules of the beards are formed with blood in the struggle, and everyone must abide by them, and the leaders are no exception. The government's laws are created by bureaucrats. Made to oppress the poor, rich and powerful can invalidate the law."
The samurai thanked the people in the military academy for bringing such friends and opening their eyes.The red beard spirit mentioned by the Chinese Sheng Shicai coincides with Bushido.The stories are exotic and well suited to the psyches of young people.
After Sheng Shicai returned to China, he served in the Cantonese Army and served as the regimental commander for Zhang Zuolin. He was sent by Guo Songling, so it is impossible for him to have a chance to succeed.Marshal Zhang's troops are too bearded, they can risk their lives, and they can't fight in regular battles.
Sheng Shicai looked gloomy, and said to his friend: "Japan has bushido, and bushido regards death and bloodshed as a kind of glory of life, as a kind of morality in life. Chinese martial arts are always in the folk, and cannot be put on the stage."
That year, the old commander died in Huanggutun, and the young commander got rid of Yang Yuting, the chief counselor of the commander's mansion, and took over the power in the Northeast;Sheng Shicai came out after talking with the young commander for a few minutes, relatives and friends eagerly awaited the good news, Sheng Shicai said: "The young commander can't do anything, he is a baby who will never grow up."
Sheng Shicai left the Northeast and went to Nanjing to find a way out.Chiang Kai-shek looked through his files and felt uneasy.Tang Enbo said: "The mainland of Japan regards him very highly, and he is compared with Wu Luzhen and Jiang Baili." Chiang Kai-shek said: "Since he is a talented person, let him be the teacher." Tang Enbo said: "He is from the Northeast, let him go to Zhang Xueliang. Ministry work, he can work for the central government."
"Let him come and see me."
The meeting took only five minutes.Chiang Kai-shek changed his mind, "He can't go to the Northeast, he is too bloody, he will drive Zhang Xueliang out." Tang Enbo said: "If Zhang Xueliang is driven away, the Northeast Army can be reorganized into the Central Army."
Chiang Kai-shek smiled, "Enbo, you compare yourself to Cao Mengde, but you underestimate Sheng Shicai. He will turn the Northeast Army into his own army and make Zhang Zuolin the second." Chiang Kai-shek said, "For talented people, we will try our best to use them At the same time, we must curb his ambition. Sheng Shicai is an ambitious man, so keeping him away from the center of power, he is still very good."
Sheng Shicai was appointed as the Chief of the Operations Section of the General Staff, and he worked with maps all day long.
His colleagues envied him very much. They struggled half their lives to squeeze into the headquarters. He became the section chief right after he left school.
He smiled nasally, "What's so enviable about being a section chief? Wu Luzhen became a division commander as soon as she left school." Division commanders lead troops and can fight independently.Everyone shut their mouths together.They also came to Nanjing with the talents of generals at the beginning, but now they are white and fat, and the roughness and aggressiveness of soldiers have long since disappeared. Someone talked to them about the glory and dreams of soldiers, and they felt sad.
When it came time for promotion, Sheng Shicai was still the section chief, and the position of section chief and bureau chief was taken by mediocre people.
Someone secretly told him, "The commander-in-chief has to personally summon anyone who has just arrived at the headquarters. The commander-in-chief's eyes are steelyards. You are a high-achieving student at the University of Japan. You can be a section chief for at most half a year. You can be either a division commander or an army commander."
"I have been the section chief for two years."
"You are different from Tang Enbo and Hu Zongnan. You are not a person who has lived under others for a long time."
The commander-in-chief asked the intelligence personnel: "What is Section Chief Sheng busy with?"
"He is reading "Zeng Hu's Strategy of Using Soldiers" and "New Theory of National Defense."
"Very good, very good, it means that he has begun to reborn."
"Is he a Communist?"
"Not only reborn the Communist Party, but also reborn the overseas students and old soldiers, so that they are wholeheartedly loyal to the leader. Sheng Shicai has both the energy of the Northeast red beard and the Japanese Bushido. These are in line with our Whampoa spirit. He You should learn from Tang Enbo, Tang Enbo is from the south of the Yangtze River, very clever, the northern soldiers are too stubborn, too brutal, too emotional and too heroic." The commander-in-chief didn't have a good impression of the northern soldiers.The commander-in-chief said: "We still need Sheng Shicai. China and Japan will go to war sooner or later. Let him lead the troops then."
The commander-in-chief is stubborn by nature, and he never procrastinates in doing things, but he discounted Sheng Shicai.From this, everyone concluded that Sheng Shicai is a powerful character, at least above Chen Cheng and Hu Zongnan.Everyone has the mentality of worshiping heroes. Someone told Sheng Shicai about the situation, and Sheng Shicai said: "The commander-in-chief will not ask me to lead the army. Forget about being a staff member for the rest of my life. I am discouraged." The colleague said: "Sheng Shicai The section chief is a real soldier and won't be disheartened."
"You really see it that way?"
"Everyone sees it that way, and so does the Commander-in-Chief."
"Actually, I am no longer a real soldier, I have a name for nothing."
"The more you are like this, the more others will believe in you, and everyone will think you are a Goujian who lives on fire."
"I don't even believe in myself. Why do others believe in me? Why should they believe in me?"
"Based on your image, when you were studying at the Japanese Army University, you successfully established a standard military image for yourself. Others only look at your image, not yourself."
"This is the act of a politician, not a soldier."
"Section Chief Sheng just got the hang of it. Pure soldiers don't exist. There are tens of thousands of students in Whampoa, how many successful ones are pure soldiers?"
Sheng Shicai said: "The Japanese have maintained the essence of Bushido so far. The Meiji Restoration introduced Western military systems and weapons. People of insight established the Kamikaze Company and tried their best to maintain the honor of the Japanese sword. The military has always regarded the sword as the soul of soldiers. Improvements in technology have not diminished the pure spirit of the samurai."
"Technology is everything."
Sheng Shicai was dumbfounded.
"They say technology is everything."
Sheng Shicai roared at home and took the Toyo sword from the wall, he wanted to break the soul of the soldier.He broke out a handful of blood; the knife was soft, wet, and smelling sweet like a sugar cane.Resting on the blade were the white hands of his wife, Qiu Yufang, with cracked fingers and blood flowing out.The lady forgot her injured hand and wiped the blood on her husband with gauze, which wetted his military uniform.Sheng Shicai stared like a log, watching his wife busy, as if she was doing housework, cleaning tables and chairs, and cleaning windows.Madam asked him to change his clothes, so he changed his clothes, a new military uniform. "Tell me to take a look." He turned left and right to show his wife.His manic heart calmed down, and the light in his eyes jumped, "I cut you." "This knife was stained with your blood, and this time it was stained with my blood. This is a truly good knife."
Qiu Yufang held the Japanese scimitar and warned her husband: "Soldiers must not destroy weapons at any time."
The lady polished the knife, oiled it, sheathed it, and hung it on the wall.
"Everyone's wife is learning the piano, I'm not interested in it."
"We can go to the concert."
"Nanjing's music is not suitable for a soldier. In the dead of night, when the moonlight shines into the room and hits the wall, the knife will make a crisp sound, a very pure steel sound."
The ideal he dreamed of when he was a teenager was to study at the Japanese Army University.There are too many people with this ideal.
Their family was a small landlord in Liaodong, and his father was willing to sell the land for him to go to Japan. He didn't want to travel east to Japan in this way.
He served as a soldier in Guo Songling's Northeast Army, and Guo appreciated him very much.His military temperament not only won the favor of his superiors and colleagues, but also won the heart of Guo's goddaughter Qiu Yufang.Sheng Shicai was married, and his wife died of illness.
Qiu Yufang is in middle school.Sheng Shicai once went to middle school to watch the performance of the students. He didn't know that the girl on the stage that made the men's hearts flutter was the goddaughter of General Guo Songling.Sheng Shicai's joy was hidden in his heart, and his expression was very indifferent.When one day, Guo Songling came forward to match him, he just nodded.What more could a petty officer ask for?When Qiu Yufang appeared in front of him, he seemed a little flustered.He took the tea offered by the girl, his whole body was stiff.After marriage, he never revealed his ambition to his wife.He is more than ten years older than Qiu Yufang, earlier than the age of boasting.The ex-wife was a virtuous woman who served him docilely and seldom spoke.He was not used to talking about ambitions to women.Qiu Yufang is a trendy woman with an education.
Less than half a year after marriage, the little wife said categorically: "Godfather wants to reform the Northeast Army and send officers to Japan." His heart was beating violently, and a horse was galloping inside, and he was almost out of breath. "Clean up, let's go to godfather's house now." The woman from the Northeast simply changed her husband into a military uniform and polished his boots.
Sheng Shicai will never forget that evening when Qiu Yufang, who was born under Miss Jiao, knelt on the ground and carefully oiled his boots with a brush and a cloth strip.His blood was rushing, and he was breathing roughly like a horse crossing the vast grassland.When Qiu Yufang stood up, his rough breath hit Qiu Yufang's face, she blocked it with her hand, and smiled with the back of her hand against her face, like a child.
Things went well and the wife went abroad with her husband.The wife is afraid that her husband will be lonely, so she devotes herself to Japanese food in the apartment, and will soon be able to cook authentic Japanese dishes.Because my husband came back from outside and casually said: "Japanese food is simple but nutritious, and Chinese food is too extravagant." Soon, disaster struck.Guo Songling organized the Northeast National Army to fight back, and the attack on Zhang Zuolin failed and was killed.Sheng Shicai's tuition was interrupted, and the couple fell into a desperate situation.It was a very difficult day.Traveling around, eager to get domestic support to complete their studies.Just catching up with the domestic anti-Japanese wave, students studying in Japan are divided into two factions, the patriotic faction and the carefree faction.Sheng Shicai is holding a big stick, anyone who dares to compromise will eat me first!Hoarse, as if in his own country, he yelled at the Japanese police.Qiu Yufang shed tears in the crowd. She couldn't believe that her impoverished husband had such strong patriotism.I really don't know how they survived.Qiu Yufang has washed clothes for others, visited shops, and the most respectable job is teaching Chinese to Japanese evening schools.Not only did she help her husband finish his studies, but she also studied sociology and economics at a university for two years.
"Thinking back in Japan, we survived all the difficulties. You don't need anything now. What you lack is opportunity. People who are capable are not afraid of not having opportunities."
One day, he got drunk.It's easy to get drunk in Nanjing.On the Qinhuai River, with the sound of blood and lights, after a few glasses of wine, Sheng Shicai's tongue grew bigger, and he didn't even know what he was talking about.
"I hate Nanjing."
The colleagues were surprised and looked at him without saying a word.
"Nanjing is a big brothel, all soldiers will rot if they stay here."
"Section Chief Sheng, you drank too much."
"You think I've said too much, I don't care, anyway, I won't stay in Nanjing, I'm going to Tibet, I'm going to Xinjiang, to serve as an assistant to the tribal leader, to train a powerful army on the border line, definitely not Nanjing This kind of straw bale army, an army as soft as cotton, is that also called an army? You, you, and you, one by one, are fat and fat, like pigs, only humming in front of the officer, I don’t know why How to pull the bolt on the bayonet, those bullets are so pitiful, the bullets are as yellow as gold."
Surprised by everyone, Sheng Shicai took out his pistol, took out the bullet, unloaded the bullet, and swallowed all the gunpowder inside like eating fried noodles.He ate all eight bullets from the Browning pistol.A bullet for a gulp of wine.
"How is it? Peanuts are delicious as a meal, delicious!"
No one cared what Section Chief Sheng said. A drunk man's words are just nonsense.
At this time, Lu Xiaozu, the representative of Xinjiang Provincial Chairman Jin Shuren, came to Nanjing to recruit talents and support the construction of the frontier.
Xinjiang is located on the border, surrounded by strong neighbors, and is in urgent need of military personnel.Only then did everyone remember what Section Chief Sheng had said.Sheng Shicai himself was shocked. The news of Xinjiang's recruitment of talents was on the headlines of major newspapers in the capital. The central government also attaches great importance to Xinjiang. Can it be on the headlines?But you don't even think about the horror of the desert, snow mountains and Gobi. Everyone in Nanjing is talking about it, and even journalists don't bother to go to the Western Regions for interviews, let alone to live and make a career.Everyone only knows that Lin Zexu banned opium and exiled the emperor to Xinjiang.It has been a place of exile since ancient times.
Sheng Shicai's heart was beating wildly, his memory became clear all of a sudden, those wild words of his were very troublesome.He told his wife about it, and Qiu Yufang was also dumbfounded.Who didn't know that the commander-in-chief took special care of Sheng Shicai.Qiu Yufang was really anxious, she was so anxious that she pulled her hair straight, and when she looked at her husband, her eyes were full of resentment, Sheng Shicai wanted to stick out her tongue.
"This is an opportunity, my husband!"
"Xinjiang is too bitter, I'm afraid you won't be able to bear it."
"Even hell, I'll go with you, not to mention there are millions of people living there, we can't survive? Lin Zexu is exiled in Xinjiang, isn't there a chance to send an order to sweep the long hair?"
"The Commander-in-Chief will let me go."
"I hope so."
Qiu Yufang had never been angry with her husband before, this time she couldn't hold it back any longer, she satirized and sarcastic for several days, the flesh on Sheng Shicai's face twitched.
Chief Sheng lost a lot of weight.Can you not lose weight?The madam is getting more and more violent, no matter how virtuous a woman is, this kind of thing will be endless.Section Chief Sheng continued to lose weight, his big piercing eyes appeared even bigger, his brows were furrowed, and his eyes were melancholy. When going in and out of the Nanjing headquarters, everyone couldn't help but look at Section Chief Sheng.Everyone basically knows the story of Section Chief Sheng. After drinking, he said wildly that he was going to go out of Yangguan. Chairman Jin Shuren immediately sent someone to invite him to be a modern class super. What a wonderful thing.Someone said to Shangfeng: "Let Section Chief Sheng go. Going to Xinjiang doesn't mean going to Beiping and Shanghai to be a frontier official." Shangfeng smiled and said nothing.Who dares to speak up if the commander-in-chief doesn't say anything.
The news that Sheng Shicai was going to Xinjiang reached the commander-in-chief, and at the same time spread throughout Nanjing.The commander-in-chief suddenly stood up, "Is it worth the fuss? It's normal for a small section chief to go to the frontier to serve the country."
Chen Cheng said: "If we want to flatten the northern warlords, we can't lose Sheng Shicai. It's a pity. He is a very good soldier and should stay in the headquarters or in the Central Army."
"The whole Nanjing is full of uproar, not letting him go, as if I, Jiang, don't support frontier construction."
"It's okay to choose another person, there are plenty of Whampoa students."
"They can't do it. They will disappear in the Gobi Desert. Sheng Shicai is different from them. Sheng Shicai is a top student in mainland Japan. It is said that he is still keen on socialism in Tokyo and has leftist ideas. Xinjiang is adjacent to the Soviet Union. Zhang Xueliang Without him, Jin Shuren would be even worse."
"This kind of shady person must be controlled by the commander-in-chief."
"Why are you so interested in him?"
"His wife is amazing, and she firmly supports her husband to go to the Western Regions to be a modern class superstar."
"She's going to stay alone in the empty room."
"She went to Xinjiang with her husband."
"Is there such a woman?"
"Nanjing's women's community is upside down. They compare Qiu Yufang to the wife of a Russian Decembrist."
"Mother Xipi, am I the tsar? Have I exiled Sheng Shicai? Hurry up and think of a safe way to calm this matter."
"Students think about it. Sheng Shicai's lifelong ambition is to be a general. He is now a colonel. We can promote him to a division commander. A division commander with military power will be satisfied."
"Let him go to Jiangxi to suppress bandits."
"We're not going anywhere, we're going to Xinjiang." Qiu Yufang waved his hand like a general, "We've already promised Chairman Kim. I've been looking at maps for the past few days. The Western Regions are too mysterious. We can travel to Tibet alone. Is it because two people can’t go to Xinjiang?”
"Chen Cheng told me personally, the teacher of the regular teacher." Sheng Shicai was very unwilling.
Qiu Yufang said hoarsely, "Is your ambition to be a teacher?"
"Ma'am, think about it. I have always been a staff member, and I dream of leading troops. The division commander is a commander in his own right."
Qiu Yufang sneered, "A living person must have ambition. After leaving you on the bench for so many years, I only think of using you now. I don't care for my aunt. Without Mr. Bird, I might stay here. I would go far away if I were a teacher. Ask the Xinjiang side to take a look, I, Sheng Shicai, gave up my position as a general and came to the Northwest."
Sheng Shicai was still muttering, but Madam was rude, "Why are you acting like a woman, be careful if you mutter again, I will stick my big slap on you."
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