Hearing Xu Yue's upside-down black and white story, Yang Liu and the others, who were forced to kneel, were furious and scolded: "Let go of your mother's fart, you dog, you are talking nonsense." When did you give us meat. Seeing this, Xu Yue immediately pointed at Yang Liu and said to Ma Liang: "My lord, you see, these barbarians are still disrespectful to us, he doesn't take our Restoration Army in his eyes, let's give them something to eat, it's better to feed a dog." ”

As soon as Xu Yue finished speaking, he was slapped in the face by Ma Liang. Xu Yue was stunned on the spot, he never thought that Ma Liang would beat him. The other people present were also stunned, Yang Liu and the others should not speak anymore, even the people who were watching the excitement outside just now also closed their mouths. Now there was silence, only Xu Yue stood there panting, looking at Ma Liang with a dissatisfied face.

Ma Liang looked at Xu Yue and said, "Are you very unconvinced? Do you feel aggrieved? Looking at Xu Yue's eyes that were about to erupt fire, Ma Liang said: "Will the military discipline song of the Restoration Army be sung?" What is the attitude of speaking? Xu Yue was suddenly shocked, and he couldn't see anger in his eyes, but was very scared. Xu Yue knew that he had violated military discipline in the Restoration Army, and that he would be implicated in punishment, and he would not have a good time in the future.

Ma Liang said loudly again: "Answer me, can you sing, and what is your attitude?" Xu Yue immediately said: "I can sing, and my attitude should be harmonious." Ma Liang said: "What about you?" Hou Ye said, what should our Restoration Army do to people of other nationalities? Xu Yue dared to talk back at this time, so he had to reply: "Master Hou has an order to treat the people of other ethnic groups like Han people, and treat them equally." ”

Ma Liang said: "Did you do it?" Xu Yue said: "There is no lowly position, but they ......." Ma Liang interrupted: "I haven't said what happened just now, I asked them to understand, as long as it's not your fault, I won't pursue it." But the military rules you commit must be punished. Dragged down, ten rods of the staff. ”

When Xu Yue heard this, he immediately begged for mercy: "My lord, spare your life, I know that my humble position is wrong, and my humble position does not dare." "But it was Ma Liang's personal guards who carried out the execution, and Xu Yue's shouting was there. dragged it aside, pushed Xu Yue down, and directly picked up the military stick and began to fight. Xu Yue kept begging for mercy and shouting in his mouth, but he just didn't dare to move.

Someone struggled indiscriminately when he was receiving a military stick before, and he was directly beaten to death by Zhu Youdong's order to beat him to death. Zhu Youdong's original words were: "If you do something wrong, you don't even have the courage to be punished, and you still think about how to escape punishment. ”

Since then, no one has dared to move around when he is tortured, and if he does not move, he will have a few days of rest after being tortured and injured. If you move around, not only will you not be able to rest if you are injured, but you will also have to take it for exercise. What's more, if you mess around, you may be killed directly.

When Xu Yue was punished, Ma Liang called Ma Da Mian and asked Ma Da Mian to tell him what had happened and understand the whole process. Ma Liang asked someone to release Yang Liu and the others, and walked in front of Yang Liu and the others. Yang Liu saw that Ma Liang didn't wait for Xu Yue's explanation at all, let alone Xu Yue's plea for mercy, and directly beat Xu Yue with a military stick, and several people were scared.

Seeing Ma Liang coming over now, several people didn't understand what Ma Liang meant, so they cowered and nodded to Ma Liang. Ma Liang said: "Don't be afraid, originally Xu Yue was not wrong, all the soldiers of the Restoration Army only had one piece of food, and no one could be an exception." Yang Liu didn't want to ask for more at this time, he just wanted to get out quickly, so he said: "Yes, it's all our fault, please spare us." ”

Ma Liang said: "You don't have to be afraid, you don't belong to the Restoration Army now, and I won't punish you." The food that Xu Yue wasted just now will not be counted on your head, you should go and get a new piece of military food now. Ma Liang pointed at Yang Liudao again: "They gave you a piece of meat just now, and that's yours." I want to give you a new piece, but I don't have it, so I have to wronged you. ”

Yang Liu and the others didn't think that they could get a copy of the grain they had just sprinkled, and immediately thanked Ma Liang for their kindness: "Thank you, general, thank you, general." Yang Liu ran to pick up the piece of meat that fell on the ground, then saluted Ma Liang continuously, and then followed everyone away. After they all got a piece of food and left, Ma Liang said to Ma with a big face: "How many people's food did they waste just now?" ”

Ma Da said with a big face: "There are twelve people in total." Ma Liang said: "Okay, there are six people in your group, collect the grain scattered on the ground, this is your food twice." This is a punishment for you for not stopping Xu Yue just now, you must remember that you are a group and are one. If you could have stopped Xu Yue in time at that time, he would not have been punished, and neither would you. ”

Ma Da Mian and the others did not dare to object, and immediately several people began to collect the grain on the ground. Seeing this, Bai Wenxuan came over and said, "This general, it's too strict, this has fallen to the ground, how can you collect it?" ”

Ma Liang didn't know who Bai Wenxuan was, but when he saw him asking, he still said: "It's not okay to waste food in the Restoration Army, if they can't collect it, they will starve them for two meals directly." Bai Wenxuan didn't think that the Restoration Army was so harsh on the soldiers, and said, "Why is this? It wasn't these people who made a fuss just now, it was that one person's fault. Bai Wenxuan pointed at Xu Yue.

Ma Liang said: "They are a small flag, they didn't stop the expansion of things, they should be punished together." If everyone takes care of each other, then on the battlefield, how can they fight side by side? Bai Wenxuan didn't know why he came up and fought side by side. Seeing that several people were still trying to collect the grain on the ground, they said, "But they are innocent of punishment." ”

Ma Liang said: "There are many innocent people in the world, Daming has lost the country, we will suffer, is it fair?" Besides, if they had stopped it in time, the food would not have been wasted. They deserve to be punished, and besides, they are people with a small banner, and I am not punishing Xu Yue's mistakes alone, but punishing people with a small banner for wasting food. ”

For this kind of punishment, Bai Wenxuan is simply unheard of. Seeing that the soldiers of the Restoration Army collected food and did not complain, Bai Wenxuan was very curious about why the Restoration Army could accept such a punishment. Bai Wenxuan also wanted to ask Ma Liang for an explanation, but Ma Liang saw that Bai Wenxuan didn't speak, so he wanted Xu Yue to go.

Ma Liang walked beside Xu Yue and said, "Xu Yue, are you guilty?" At this time, Xu Yue still dared to quibble, and said again and again: "My lord, I am guilty, please spare me." Ma Liang said earnestly: "Hou Ye was able to gain a quick foothold in Guizhou at the beginning, relying on treating the Miao people and the Yi people equally, but what about you?" A mouthful of natives, a mouthful of barbarians, how? Do you think Master Hou is not as thoughtful as you think? Or do you disagree with Hou Ye's approach? ”

Xu Yue was suddenly sweating profusely and said, "My lord, I was wrong, I don't dare anymore." Ma Liang knew that he couldn't do it, and those deputy positions enlightened his thoughts, so he had to say: "Since you know that you are wrong, go back and confine yourself for three days." When Xu Yue heard that it was confinement, he immediately complained in his heart, but he was able to live anyway. Although the confinement is not easy, I have to constantly thank Ma Liang.

Seeing that Xu Yue was taken away, Bai Wenxuan came over and said, "What is this confinement?" Is it a terrible punishment? How could he be afraid of being like this. Seeing that Bai Wenxuan hadn't left yet, Ma Liang couldn't help but be curious: "Who are you?" What do you do by asking about these? Bai Wenxuan said: "I am Bai Wenxuan, and when I saw that your punishment was a little strange, I asked him." ”

When Ma Liang heard that this person was Bai Wenxuan, he immediately thought that Bai Wenxuan saluted and said: "It turned out to be His Royal Highness King Gongchang, and this confinement is not a terrible punishment, that is, the soldiers are locked in a small house without windows, they are not allowed to speak, they are not allowed to come out, and only a small hole is left to send food in." ”

Bai Wenxuan said: "This is also a punishment? Ma Liang smiled: "His Royal Highness King Gongchang can try it, the most terrible thing about this punishment is loneliness, no one speaks." After a long time, the soldiers couldn't stand it, and the soldiers were naturally very afraid. ”

Bai Wenxuan still couldn't believe it, seeing that the Restoration Army had finished distributing food, they began to withdraw from the camp one after another. Bai Wenxuan also returned by himself, and of course Bai Wenxuan was also satisfied with the disposal of the Restoration Army. Li Dingguo's side had already returned to Wu Sansheng and told him what had happened and how the Ming Army had disposed of it. Everyone also felt that the punishment of the Restoration Army was very fair, even Li Dingguo himself could not be so fair.

Seeing that the matter was satisfactorily settled, everyone went back to their camps. After everyone left, Li Dingguo took Li Sixing back to his residence together, and his family members were also there. The family was busy arranging their respective accommodations, and Li Dingguo sat there alone in a daze.

Li Sixing came over and said to Li Dingguo: "Father, why do you agree to let the Restoration Army reorganize our army?" Now that we have an army, the Restoration Army looks down on us, and if we don't have an army, who will care about us? ”

Li Dingguo didn't look at Li Sixing, sighed and said, "Xing'er, what do you say we are fighting the Qing Dynasty for?" Li Sixing said: "My father resisted the Qing Dynasty, of course, in order to restore the Ming Dynasty and help the world." Li Dingguo said: "But I lost the emperor and let the emperor be killed, am I a loyal minister of the Ming Dynasty or a criminal minister?" ”

Li Sixing was speechless for a while, where could he answer. Li Dingguo said: "Since I can't protect the Son of Heaven, what kind of loyal minister am I?" How can I save the world, how can I save the people from fire and water? Li Sixing said: "My father doesn't have to blame himself, if the Son of Heaven listened to his father's words at that time, he would not go to Burma, but stay at the border, we would have a large army to protect him, and the emperor would not be detained by Burma and then killed by Wu Sangui." ”

Li Dingguo shook his head and said, "If the emperor was in our army at that time, would the Qing army give us a chance to breathe?" If the Qing army is in hot pursuit, can our army keep the emperor? In the final analysis, this is the incompetence of our army and the inability to protect the emperor. ”

Li Sixing said: "Since we can't protect it, how can my father decide that the Restoration Army of the Marquis of Pingyu can save the world?" Li Dingguo said: "I don't know if I can do it specifically, but all the armies of the Restoration Army are working hard in one place, which is beyond our army." Do you still remember when Bai Wenxuan was leaving? This is the disunity of the army, everyone is playing their own little calculations, there is nothing on weekdays, once it comes to the moment of emergency, the army is like a plate of scattered sand. ”

Li Sixing said: "Just King Gongchang alone can't explain the situation." Others are not still fighting side by side with their fathers, and with the support of these generals, we are no worse than the Restoration Army. Li Dingguo sneered and said: "How can it be a person, there are Ma Bao and others first, knowing that we are still fighting the Qing Dynasty at the border, but I have already surrendered to the Qing army with a large army." Later, Yang Wei wanted to surrender to the enemy, but was stopped by the three provinces. And He Jiuyi has also been planning for the Qing Dynasty, and he has always thought that I don't know. If it weren't for the news of the Restoration Army, He Jiuyi stopped the action of descending the Qing, I would definitely kill him with a rod, and then warn everyone. ”