"Come out, give it all to me!"

Several soldiers gathered around a vegetable cellar, shouting loudly, the bayonets on the muzzles of their guns piercing through the chill, and from under the vegetable cellar trembling crawled out a family of four, dressed in tattered clothes, trembling, not knowing what would happen.

"Are you the remnants of the Ma Family's army?"

The man in this family hurriedly shook his head: "No, it's really not!" ”

A fractional soldier sneered: "Isn't it? I'm lying, someone has already reported it, you just returned home, still injured, we found weapons in the house again, you said it's not Ma Jiajun's remnants, who would believe it? ”

"Don't get me wrong, boss, I'm just a hunter, I make a living by hunting, and it's normal to get a little injured."

The soldier had a contemptuous smile on his face: "I don't have time to bother with you, if you have something to say to our commander!" ”

The soldiers pulled the man and walked outside, and when the woman saw it, her eyes were red, and she hurried up.

"You let go of the child's father, he is not guilty, let him go quickly."

"Stinky woman, get out of the way, if you dare to make trouble, I will take you away too." A soldier threw his arm and pushed the woman out, and fell heavily to the ground, and a pair of children surrounded the woman and wept loudly, and the man struggled desperately when he saw his wife being beaten, but what awaited him was a slam on the butt of his rifle.

Eventually, the man was dragged away, and a dozen people from the village were arrested, all tied to a rope, and taken away, and many were never seen again.

Naturally, these people were taken to Suiyuan and other places and sent to the hands of the Feng army, and they all became the best laborers for the construction of railways. According to the agreement with Fengjun. Five middle-aged laborers can be exchanged for a rifle of seventy-five oceans, which is fifteen oceans per person.

If a laborer works for two years, they only need half an ocean a month, plus food and clothing, and they don't need a single ocean, which is quite low.

In fact, seventy-five oceans is only the price of external sales, and of course the Fengjun does not need this price for procurement, and these guns are inside. It is also mixed with a lot of new and old weapons, and it can be said that with a little scrap copper and rotten iron, a large number of cheap labor has been exchanged, and with the support of these people, the speed of railway construction has increased rapidly. And the cost is also greatly reduced.

Of course, this is also a good thing for Feng Yuxiang. In the northwest there are a large number of remnants of the Ma Jiajun party. If he stays, sooner or later they will make trouble and make him unable to live in peace. However, simply killing it will arouse local discontent and create trouble for him to control the northwest.

Sent to Fengjun, it also threw off the burden. Moreover, this kind of action of throwing off the burden can also be exchanged for a large amount of arms support, which is simply a good thing to kill two birds with one stone.

Between Feng Jun and Feng Yuxiang, one hand handed over people. First-hand delivery, as long as the labor is delivered, can be clearly marked according to the price, in exchange for the corresponding weapons, exactly like a livestock market. After getting more equipment, Feng Yuxiang was able to recruit more troops and capture more labor, forming a perfect cycle, and the defective general was also happy to do so.

He sent Shi Yousan as a leader, and led the men and horses into the Hexi Corridor, and the army successively seized Jingtai, Yongdeng, Wusheling, Gulang and other places, while the Ma family army was defeated all the way, and the more defeated the more miserable, Shi Yousan captured more than 3,500 people just by being captured.

In Shi Yousan's opinion, these are no longer prisoners, but genuine guns and ammunition, chariots and artillery, as long as the number is enough, they can exchange any weapons and equipment from the hands of the Feng army to strengthen themselves.

"Brothers, don't be idle, there is Wuwei in front, it is a military town, and the main forces of the Ma Jiajun are all defending here, and they must not be let go."

With Shi Yousan's order issued, the troops flocked to Wuwei like a tide, Ma Fuxiang had just led the men and horses to retreat here, and these leaders of the Ma family army sighed one by one. All their morale was defeated, and not only did they suffer a crushing defeat militarily, but the war of public opinion was also a one-sided shouting of killing.

Ma Jiajun has been in the northwest for many years, and has done many evils, and his crimes are too numerous to mention, and after the Feng army entered Ningxia, he brought out these crimes of Ma Jiajun and exposed them all to the sun. At this time, there are no clear people in the society who speak for Ma Jiajun, Ma Jiajun has completely stinked, and if he is still entangled, there will only be a dead end.

No matter how it is handled, it has become a matter of course, Ma Fuxiang has completely lost his former flying and domineering, in a few days, he seems to be a teenager old, full of gray hair, and there are terrible age spots on his face, looking old and haggard.

The same is true for the others, they originally wanted to occupy the Hexi Corridor as a base and continue to deal with the Feng army, but Feng Yuxiang's troops pursued too fast, completely beyond their estimates, and the local people were not as supportive of the Ma Jiajun as they imagined.

After all, no one wants to die, the defeat of the Ma family army is decided, and shili in these places is not willing to continue to invest, and on the contrary, some people also sneak attack the lone Ma family army, rob them of arms and food, making it more difficult for the Ma family army.

Just when Ma Fuxiang was sitting on pins and needles, Ma Qi walked in with a haggard face, there were still tears in the corners of his eyes, and when he saw Ma Fuxiang, he cried bitterly.

"Bufang is dead, but how can I live!"

Ma Qi cried loudly, and the others couldn't help but have red circles in their eyes, just five days ago, in a skirmish, Ma Bufang was hit by a bullet, and after coming back, Ma Qi hurriedly found a doctor and actively rescued him. However, due to the lack of timely treatment, Ma Bufang's wound was already infected, and he just died of sepsis.

Although Ma Bufang's popularity is not good, and he is very cruel and ruthless, after all, he is also a rising star of the Ma family's army, he died suddenly, casting a shadow on everyone, they are not distressed by Ma Bufang, but worried about their own fate, maybe when, they will also follow in the footsteps of Ma Bufang.

Just when everyone was grieving, the gunshots outside rang out again, Ma Fuxiang stood up abruptly, and asked with a frightened face, "What is going on?" What happened? ”

"Report, Shi Yousan's army is here and is storming the city."

The house leak happened to rain overnight, after hearing the news, Ma Fuxiang seemed to have been struck by lightning, he wanted to be dark, but the opponent no longer gave him a chance.

Ma Fuxiang's brain was spinning rapidly, thirty-six plans were the best plan, and he didn't want to stay and wait for death. Therefore, Ma Fuxiang said to everyone: "Everyone, the matter has come to an end. I'm out of skills, I think it's better for everyone to break it up and rely on their abilities, if they continue to form a large army, they will only attract more attacks. ”

All are somewhat sunk. They also know that this is the time to break up. It is possible that this brand of Ma Jiajun. It was gone forever, but they had no choice but to agree to the proposal.

Without further ado, everyone took their cronies and fled out of the city taking advantage of the chaos, and Shi Yousan successfully took the military town of Wuwei.

After the Ma family army dispersed. The threat of large-scale combat has been eliminated, but it has also added a lot of difficulty to the battle to clear the remnants. Feng Yuxiang sent a large number of reinforcements, and every village and town did not let go. Carefully clean up all the remnants of Ma Jiajun's party.

In the pursuit battle, Ma Lin, Ma Qi, Ma Hongkui and others died one after another, Ma Hongbin sneaked into Qinghai, escaped from Tibet, entered South Asia, and barely saved his life. Ma Fuxiang went all the way to the west, encountered several attacks by local troops in Xinjiang, and his men and horses were killed to the ground, and Zuihou Ma Fuxiang fled into Soviet Russia alone.

In this way, all the main leaders of the Ma Jiajun have been eliminated, and from a military point of view, the war has been completely won, but from other perspectives, the first step has been taken to solve the troubles in the northwest, and there are still many things to be done.

"Dashuai, this is our latest survey results, in Gansu, Qinghai, Ningxia and other places, there are more than three million or so Hui people, more than half of them and Han people in a state of mixed life, although there are occasional conflicts, but the contradictions between the two sides can still be reconciled, and each other, but also constantly affect each other. About half of the other are more troublesome, they live in isolation, they are very xenophobic, and they are extremely hostile to the Han Chinese, and they are also the main supporters of the Ma Jiajun. ”

Chang Yinhuai reported the results of the investigation to everyone, Zhang Tinglan frowned, he knew very well that just eliminating Ma Jiajun could not solve the fundamental problem, if the root cause of the society could not be eliminated, sooner or later there would be Shili who would rise to replace Ma Jiajun.

"Ladies and gentlemen, it is imperative to transform the northwest, and if you have any good ideas, you might as well talk about them."

Yang Yuting said with a smile: "Dashuai, in my opinion, the first thing is to reduce the number of people, control the total number of people, if the number is not enough, they can't rebel, and the second is to increase the number of Han people and separate them, so that the risk can also be reduced, and then it is a combination of rigidity and softness, and the good wine that has the heart to belong to will give benefits, and those with bad intentions can only be eradicated." ”

Yang Yuting's words were agreed by most of the officers present, and this plan was very suitable for the appetite of soldiers, simple and direct. However, Wang Shuhan on the side suddenly said: "Marshal, although the chief of staff's idea is good, it can only be used as a temporary plan, not a long-term solution, if you want to solve the problem, you have to start from the root." ”

Wang Shuhan has been dealing with the problems of Outer Mongolia during this time, and he has made a lot of achievements in government affairs, he suddenly spoke, and Zhang Tinglan also attached great importance to it.

Wang Shuhan took out a report and sent it to Zhang Tinglan: "Dashuai, this is a real case of Outer Mongolia, we have divided the land of the prince and the monastery to the herdsmen, and for the first time in their lives, they have pastures, at first they were grateful, but then the problem was removed. After some understanding, it was found that these people suddenly owned pastures, did not know how to operate at all, and did not even know how to calculate accounts, and when the merchants in the mainland went to buy cattle and sheep, they suffered for a long time, so they were dissatisfied with the Han people. ”

"The people's hearts are not enough to swallow elephants, what do those profiteers have to do with the government, they are not angry, can they blame others?" Li Jinglin said nonchalantly.

Zhang Tinglan shook his head: "It can't be said that the Han people have always been a strong ethnic group in Asia, both in terms of survival ability and the amount of wealth they have in their hands, they have surpassed other ethnic groups, although they are inseparable from our hard work, but we must also take into account the feelings of other disadvantaged ethnic groups." ”

Wang Shuhan hurriedly nodded: "What the marshal said is reasonable, after we have studied it, we decided to set up a special auxiliary group, establish a fair market, set up some general knowledge classes in primary schools, teach Chinese, carry out literacy education, and achieved good results, the income of the herdsmen who received training has increased, their lives have become more convenient, and their loyalty to the government has also been significantly improved." When I say this case, I mean that if you want long-term peace and stability, the most important entry point is education, Sinicization education, so that they can integrate into the social and economic system dominated by the Han people and avoid being marginalized. ”

Chu Mingyuan, who was on the side, was attending this kind of large-scale seminar for the first time, and he was very much in agreement with Wang Shuhan's proposal, so he said: "Dashuai, I also think that improving the socio-economic status of ethnic minorities through educational means, so as to cultivate loyalty to the country, is a very good way, in order to attract more people to enroll, we can provide some subsidies appropriately, and even the convenience of scores." ”

Zhang Tinglan nodded, "Well, education is indeed an extremely critical issue, but the preferential treatment of scores seems to be a little inappropriate, and competing in the same field will cause some unfairness." ”

Wang Yongjiang suddenly smiled and said: "Dashuai, this fairness is also divided into many kinds, there is the fairness of the procedure, there is also the fairness of the result, our volumes are written in Chinese characters, for some people, this is equivalent to foreign language, if there is no preferential treatment, they can't compete at all." It's just that students who enjoy preferential grades have to sign an agreement to return to their hometown to work after graduation, so that they don't compete for employment opportunities for other students, and they can get the best of both worlds. ”

As soon as Zhang Tinglan heard Wang Yongjiang's explanation, it was indeed the case, so he also smiled and said: "To deal with the problem of the northwest, both hands must be tough, first let Feng Yuxiang engage in military management and reduce the number, this is a strategy to treat the symptoms, and then promote the development of education, this is a long-term policy, the combination of the two, patience, strategy, the problem in the northwest will definitely be solved." ”

Zhang Tinglan determined the overall strategy, and Jiang Baili suddenly said on the side: "After this war in the northwest, the population is bound to drop sharply, and it is seriously empty. ”

When Wang Yongjiang heard this, he hurriedly smiled and said: "President Jiang's concern is very reasonable, I have arranged a detailed immigration jihua, at present, the three eastern provinces have to accept one million immigrants every year, and the population increase of the three eastern provinces is already quite amazing, so it is just right to disperse to the northwest and the far east, and these two places will accept at least 500,000 people every year." ”

"Feng Yuxiang can provide more than 100,000 laborers a year, and if we send another 200,000 or 300,000 Han Chinese, the population of the northwest will increase." (To be continued......)