Chapter 17 Section five

That winter, Sheng Shicai left Nanjing, the ancient capital of the Six Dynasties, and returned to his hometown of Liaodong.The chief of the combat section under Commander-in-Chief Jiang is very honorable in the eyes of the villagers.Sheng Shicai was not honored at all. He said flatly: "The chief of the combat department is on the bench." The old classmate said: "Chiang Kai-shek studied in the Japanese military academy, and you also studied in the Japanese military academy. Chiang Kai-shek was the chief of the combat department of the General Staff of President Sun Da. , You are also President Jiang's chief of operations, so it can be seen that this is a road to success." "Only one person walks on a road, and I don't want to follow in the footsteps of others. I will quit being a section chief. I am going to Xinjiang to find a way out. "

Relatives and friends were shocked.Sheng Shicai bid farewell to his hometown and rode away on a big horse.He had to walk eighty miles to the county town to catch a car.Relatives and friends saw him off one way after another, and Sheng Shicai rode forward without looking back. The scene was a bit like a righteous man wandering all over the world, full of generosity and sadness. In Shenyang, he made a pilgrimage to the former Qing emperor's mausoleum, where Nurhachi lay, facing south and facing north, looking at the Central Plains in the distance.The land of Kanto is very royal. The Liao, Jin and Qing Dynasties once rose from the white mountains and black waters, galloped in the north and south of the river, and even the hinterland of Central Asia.

After the Liao Dynasty was replaced by the Jin Dynasty, Yelu Dashi, the general of the Liao Kingdom, led the survivors of the Liao Kingdom to move westward to Central Asia and established the Western Liao Dynasty around Lake Balkhash for more than 80 years.Xinjiang, where Sheng Shicai was going, was once a part of Xiliao.He had to cross Siberia by train and enter Xinjiang from Tacheng.This route was traveled by Yelu Dashi back then.Yelu Dashi left Liaodong with the pain of subjugation, and wandered thousands of miles to establish the foundation of the Khitan people.Sheng Shicai went east to Japan to learn all his skills and went to Chiang Kai-shek. The cold bench of the section chief shattered his Jinling spring dream.The pain in his heart was no less than that of Yelu Dashi.Sheng Shicai stood in Dongling for a long time, and countless heroes of the motherland flew by in front of him, and they disappeared in the long river of history of the motherland.

While he was sighing, someone behind him said: "Long breath to cover up tears, lamenting the hardships of life, the lament of Han Gaozu, the lament of the overlord of Chu?" That person was his Japanese classmate Horijoo.Jue Chengxiong admired Chinese classical culture, and was sent by the military department to serve in the headquarters of the Kwantung Army in Northeast China after graduation.Jue Chengxiong said: "Didn't you serve as the Chief of Operations for Commander-in-Chief Jiang? What are you doing back in the Northeast? You have a special mission?" "It's really not my turn to have a special mission."

"That's why I stood in front of the emperor's mausoleum and cultivated awe-inspiring spirit." "Mr. Juecheng really knows how to joke. I don't have a sense of grandeur. I'm just a bird." Sheng Shicai said, "I'm quitting my job in Nanjing." "That's a good job. Working next to the commander-in-chief is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for us Japanese." "Japan has martial arts, but China only has the art of emperors. There was a Wang Anshi in the Song Dynasty of China. He would rather go to a small border county as a magistrate than a servant in the capital. I am going to Xinjiang."

"A lot of students are waiting for China to fight against you. Didn't you disappoint everyone by running to Xinjiang? You were a top student in the military academy back then." "If China and Japan really want to fight, I will not remain silent." "War us in faraway Xinjiang?" "The Japanese military has always regarded Liaodong as the lifeline of the empire. Liaodong was once the homeland of the Liao Kingdom. After the fall of the Liao Kingdom, Yelu Dashi, the general of the Liao Kingdom, led his troops to the west and established the Western Liao in the hinterland of Central Asia. Xinjiang is also a part of the Liao Kingdom. old haunt."

"I understand. It's not Nurhachi that Sheng Jun pays tribute to, but Yelu Dashi. Sheng Jun went to Xinjiang to make a comeback. If he makes a comeback, Sheng Jun will succeed. Let's get together to see you farewell." Yu Chengxiong invited Sheng Shicai to a Japanese restaurant to eat sashimi and drink sake.Ju Chengxiong said: "Sheng Jun works in the head office, and the Central Plains War has brought about indelible sequelae to China. Doesn't Sheng Jun not know about this?" "The end of the civil war is that the defense of northern China is empty, and the Kwantung Army can take the opportunity to fight in the northeast."

"Zhang Xueliang has 500,000 troops, while the Kwantung Army only has more than 20,000 troops." "The most powerful army in northern China is Feng Yuxiang's Northwest Army, and the Northwest Army disintegrated in this civil war. The 500,000 well-equipped Northeast Army is huge, but their commander Zhang Xueliang is a dog meat bun, and his military talent is insufficient. To command this large army. The Kwantung Army Command must have taken these circumstances into consideration.” "You can't hide the situation of the military department from Mr. Sheng at all."

Sheng Shicai sneered. Yu Chengxiong said: "Chiang Kai-shek is also a Japanese student, and the military's intentions can't be hidden from him." Sheng Shicai said: "Japan is a unified country. The emperor has supreme authority. China is divided into pieces. Chiang Kai-shek not only needs to wipe out the warlords to complete the national unity, but also fills up the authority after the demise of the imperial system. He also needs to deal with imperialism. Liaodong is a pawn. It's beyond reach. In the face of the Japanese attack, he will shrink his troops, avoid its edge, and fight Japan in the Central Plains. Therefore, the Kwantung Army will soon attack in the Northeast. I guess the Kwantung Army has already begun to formulate this plan. At that time, we only need to find A small excuse can open fire on the Beidaying."

"The Kwantung Army does have this plan. Mr. Sheng is so frank, isn't he afraid that the Kwantung Army will plot against you?" "Because it's inevitable, I'll tell Zhang Xueliang, Zhang Xueliang will treat me as a lunatic, what's the use of the Kwantung Army killing me? Besides, with you, Mr. Juecheng, nothing will happen to me." "why?" "Mr. Juecheng is a samurai first, and a soldier second." "Thanks to Mr. Sheng for treating me like this. I am ashamed to say that. The samurai and the military are originally one. Since the introduction of new Western weapons to Japan, the Japanese sword, which symbolizes the spirit of the army, has gradually declined. Japan's inherent samurai spirit was first eroded from the head office. In the Nissin War, the Japanese army defeated China with bushido, and in the Russo-Japanese War, the bushido spirit developed to its peak. Veterans who participated in that war still miss Marshal Togo and General Nogi Noki. Eighty thousand Japanese soldiers fell on the 203 high ground at Lushunkou, and Nogi’s two sons also died there. After the war, the emperor asked Nogi about the situation of the war. The emperor did not blame him at all and awarded him a medal. That After the Great War, the spirit of bushido gradually lost its meaning, leaving only one form. Today, it is difficult to find commanders like Togo and Nogi in the military headquarters. The separation of martial arts and military methods is the tragedy of Japanese soldiers. Japan has It is difficult to restore the pure Budodo spirit. Unless there is a fiasco, failure is sometimes a way of salvation. Sheng Jun just told the feat of Yelu Dashi’s restoration of the country, which is really touching. I hope Sheng Jun will revive in the hinterland of Central Asia In martial arts, Sheng Jun has succeeded, and this is also the pride of our Japan."

"I studied in Japan, and Mr. Harada's teachings to me are unforgettable." "Mr. Harada is a descendant of Han Gaozu Liu Bang." "yes?" "At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Cao Cao usurped power, and the people of Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty traveled far to Japan in order to avoid the disaster of war. His Majesty the Emperor granted them fiefdoms and titles of nobility, and changed the surname of Liu to the Harada family. The Harada family has a lot of power in Japan. Therefore, Mr. Harada has great respect for Chinese students studying abroad have special feelings.” "He was a great soldier indeed." "Kajin's Japan is the same as China. If you don't learn to speculate, it is difficult to find a way to get in." "I understand why Jue Chengjun came to Liaodong. You were squeezed out, right? Well, I thought I was the only one who was left out. I followed Chiang Kai-shek and sat on the bench in Nanjing for several years. Heroes are useless I really have no choice but to go far away from Xinjiang.” "Xinjiang has been a place where heroes galloped since ancient times, and Sheng Jun will surely succeed." Jue Chengxiong took the box gun from his waist and gave it to Sheng Shicai. "Tortoise is a sacred object in Japan. This pistol is a new product in Japan. It's called a bastard box. Sheng Jun should wear it as a mascot." Sheng Shicai hit Jue Shengxiong's hand and put away the pistol. "With the blessing of the gods, I will definitely succeed." In the winter of this year, Sheng Shicai took the international train from Manzhouli and entered Siberia.On the long railway line, Sheng Shicai told his wife for the first time his early ambitions, white mountains and black waters, great plains, the beauty of fierceness and blood, ancient heroes outside the customs, Liao, Jin, Mengyuan and the Eight Banners of Manchuria.For an intellectual woman, there is no more fascinating moment than listening to an ambitious man spout what is on his mind.This man is not someone else, but his beloved husband, on the slowly moving train, the north, the taiga forest belt in the north of the land, the white snow, the huge waves of Lake Baikal, and the legend of Suwu herding sheep.Qiu Yufang, who has read many books, didn't say a word. She put her chin on her hand and looked at her husband silently while wearing a large luxurious shawl.The husband was very emotional. Among the many heroes in the Kanto region, the husband finally chose Yelu Dashi, and the husband felt that he was the Yelu Dashi back then. "With only two hundred strong men under Yelu Dashi, they were able to sweep the Western Regions, defeat the Arab army, establish the Western Liao Empire in the distant Haiyali and Samarkand, and push the Central Plains culture into the hinterland of Central Asia when Islam was most prosperous. Later Islamic scholars and historians always wanted to avoid the Xiliao Empire, and that huge empire has overwhelmed Arab scholars for thousands of years. This is so happy! This is what a hero does!" "I think I must have been a Khitan girl in my previous life." Sheng Shicai almost revealed his uncle's battlefield notes. For some reason, his tongue couldn't bear that secret. It must be a terrible secret.Before he left his hometown and joined the army, he burned the field notebook. He believed that every word and every page of it was firmly etched in his brain.He was going to join the army, a bold and seductive move for a young man of seventeen or eighteen, who felt himself a real soldier even before he set off.Like a great soldier, he burned his secrets and oaths with fire. He felt that his uncle's field notes were a kind of oath.A manly oath.In Liaodong, the fertile land sandwiched between two imperialisms, an ambitious young man threw his dreams and vows into the fire.He is no longer a teenager.He ran to the Great Northern Wilderness. The dream of a Khitan girl must be Yelu Dashi. He never told his wife about the field diary. When we get old and sit by the fire together, recalling Siberia, Central Asia, recalling that big railway, that big railway runs from east to west, and from west to east, all the bones under it are the bones of Chinese laborers, Sheng Shi suddenly sat up, His wife had already fallen asleep, and so did he. He was covered with a coat, and the coat was uncovered. The train was rocking gently like a cradle, and the vast and generous hands of the earth were shaking the big basket.He suddenly felt depressed and pathetic.The uncle who has been a laborer for many years recorded the fierce battle stroke by stroke, but did not record the life of road construction.He was galloping on this big railway built by Chinese laborers. My uncle didn't remember it because the big railway couldn't be forgotten, and the heroic scene of charging and falling would always be reduced to a passing cloud.His nose is sour, what is he mourning?Who is he mourning for.He fell asleep again.He slept for a long time, how deeply he slept, until the center of the earth was carried up by a divine force.He saw the sun running behind the train, like a big ball of fire being dragged by the train.Just like in a dream, the sun, a big fireball, went out again when it caught up with the train.The sky is always dark and cloudy, the sky is blue and barren, the earth is infinitely vast, terrifyingly vast, the train is extremely sad, as if thrown into a grave, the earth will always take everything in, including people's vows and dreams. His wife said something in his sleep, and he watched and watched for a long time.Many years later, he did write a book called "Mu Bian Suo Ji", which was written after he came to Taiwan.He has been in power in Xinjiang for eleven years and has killed people like hemp. His government is clean and efficient. When he was transferred from Xinjiang, the gold and silver handed over to the treasury shocked Chiang Kai-shek.Although there were many people who sued him, Chiang Kai-shek only recognized money. A frontier province turned over more gold and silver to the central government than Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces. All the curses were blocked by the huge fiscal revenue.It was only when he went to Taiwan to write "The Chronicles of Mu Bian" that he realized that he was just a wage earner, earning a lot of money for Lao Jiang.The eleven years in Xinjiang were also eleven years of friendly cooperation with Stalin.The Soviet government got more benefits, almost a Siberian railway. "I am a laborer", "I am a wage earner".He is this dual character. This is not written in "Music Bian Suo Ji", nor did he tell his wife.A man always wants to bury some words in his heart and take them to the grave. His future opponent, Ma Zhongying, is galloping in Qinghai, Ningxia, and Gansu, fighting a bloody battle with the national army.The activities of Ma Zhongying's department were published in newspapers in North China.According to the newspaper, the national army suffered setbacks in Biandukou, causing heavy casualties.Sheng Shicai couldn't help being surprised. Feng Yuxiang's army was good at fighting tough battles in the field. The headline in the newspaper was "Seven guns hang the people and punish crimes. Commander Ga is worthy of Fubo's descendants."After arriving in Xinjiang, Sheng Shicai asked the local Hui people: "There is no surname Ga in a hundred surnames." The Hui people said, "Ga means young." Sheng Shicai asked who Commander Ga was. I don't know who Commander Ga is, probably a Hui bandit.Sheng Shicai was surprised again, "The bandits in the Northwest are so fierce, they dare to fight Feng Yuxiang with a pole." There are many red beards in Guandong, but he has never heard of anyone who beat Zhang Zuolin with a pole.Sheng Shicai thought of the Xiliang soldiers of Zhongma Chao, who beat Prime Minister Cao to the point of losing his armor and fleeing in embarrassment.The folk customs here are strong, even worse than those in Kanto, and it really is a good place to do business.The bad luck left to him by the ancient city of Jinling was wiped away. From Tacheng to Dihua is a thousand-mile Gobi. The oasis is like a small island in the ocean. The car passed by the small oasis, drifting in the endless stone piles, a very flat and vast stone land. It stands to reason that Siberia is vaster and bigger, and the taiga forest covers the sky, which is far less intense than the Gobi in Xinjiang.I feel that Xinjiang is very big.Sheng Shicai got up from the car several times and waved his hands repeatedly, "It's too spectacular, and the Pacific Ocean is nothing more than that." The Tianshan Mountains were getting closer and closer. Sheng Shicai pointed to the open land at the foot of the mountain and told his wife unquestionably, "Did you see that? That's the place where Xue Rengui bent his bow and shot arrows. He shot three arrows in a row, and three generals fell in response. Hundreds of thousands The army fell on the ground, and the subordinates waved their spears and shouted: "The general three arrows will land on Tianshan Mountain, and the strong man will swing his spear to enter Han Pass." The desert and the mountains close together, forming a lump, surrounding Dihua City. The most precipitous main peaks of Tianshan Mountain, Bogda Peak and Yaomo Mountain stand on the outskirts of the city. In the center of the city stands a red mountain, which originates from a river of Tianshan glacier. Passing through the city, the river is as cold and swift as the blade of a sword. "The glacier is a dream, and the dangerous peak is a pillow. How can the land of pink and black in the Six Dynasties compare with this city?" Sheng Shicai told Qiu Yufang softly, "Madam, this city is a beauty, her beauty is so similar to yours, I haven't been able to find a proper word to describe Madam's beauty, this city is you, my wife. Sheng Shicai patted Qiu Yufang's shoulder lightly, Bogda Peak and Yaomo Mountain looked at Qiu Yufang at the same time, "Those two mountains are looking at me." "Don't be nervous, ma'am, you are the one watching it." "It looks at me through the cracks in the rocks, with such powerful eyes, I have never let anyone look at me like this." "It's not people or mountains, but the main peak of Tianshan Mountain is looking at you, my wife." At that time, Sheng Shicai was the highest military talent in Dihua. The provincial chairman Jin Shuren asked him what his plan was, and Sheng Shicai was willing to work in the most difficult place.Jin Shuren said: "Dihua is already very difficult. You work in Dihua. The military in the frontier is backward and there is a shortage of military personnel. I will appoint you as the chief instructor of the military academy and the chief of staff of the provincial army." Sheng Shicai stood at attention and saluted.It was discovered that Sheng Shicai had a strange pistol hanging from his waist.Sheng Shicai said: "This is a box gun made in Japan. It's called a bastard box. It was a gift from my Japanese classmate." The next day, cadets also witnessed the strange pistol.Dihuacheng is talking about this bastard box gun. Sheng Shicai galloped past, with piercing eyes and a black beard around his face, majestic and majestic.It was the middle of winter, and the night watchman discovered that at dawn, Sheng Shi came to the river, broke the ice, and washed his body with ice water. Soon, military academy cadets began to wash their bodies with ice water in the field.According to Sheng Shicai, this is the basic skill of Japanese military academy cadets.Students who advocate martial arts like ice water baths and knife skills very much.Instructor Sheng became the ideal soldier in their minds. After learning about these situations, Jin Shuren said: "As long as he is not given military power, it will be good for us if he teaches some students." The aides said: "Chiang Kai-shek started his career as a military academy." Jin Shuren said: "I am the principal of the military academy, and Sheng Shicai is just the chief instructor. How can Sheng Shicai be compared with Chairman Jiang?" The military academy cadet said to Sheng Shicai: "As a teacher, you should be the head of the military in Xinjiang. Chairman Jin clearly let you sit on the bench."Sheng Shicai said suddenly: "From now on, you are not allowed to talk about your superiors. I was invited by Chairman Kim. The military academy is the cradle of soldiers. What's wrong with being an instructor, huh? You are so presumptuous, aren't you hurting me?" The students expressed their dissatisfaction In my heart, it will last for three or four years.Three or four years later, they were all the backbone of the provincial army. There was a civil uprising in Hami, and the provincial army was defeated. Commander-in-Chief Lu led his troops to the expedition.It was the first time in Sheng Shicai's life that he was in charge of military power, and most of the officers under him were cadets from the military academy back then.His subordinates worked well, Sheng commanded well, good news spread frequently, and Sheng Shicai stood out. That was a few years later, but between the 19th and 22nd years of the Republic of China, Sheng Shicai fell into a desperate situation. Jin Shuren, like Chiang Kai-shek, gave him an empty title and didn't reuse it at all.Unlike Nanking, he could cultivate his influence among military cadets.As long as he maintains this advantage, he will wait for changes.In those years, Sheng Shicai's life was hard but intriguing.In the eyes of Dihua people, he has always been an energetic and ambitious soldier.The folk customs here are simple and simple, without the gloomy atmosphere of Xiao Sha in Nanjing.Sheng Shicai had forgotten the fear of night when he was in Nanjing.Sheng Shicai was very happy when military academy cadets talked about political corruption in Xinjiang.