Chapter 040: Military Law People's Heart
At noon, the weather in May was warm and comfortable, and everyone was drowsy under the sun.
The rebels rose day and night, and marched in a hurry every day. Fortunately, everyone was young and strong, even if there were some complaints and complaints in their mouths, but Wang Song worked as hard as everyone else, and the army shared weal and woe, so he suppressed the dissatisfaction in his heart.
"Erlang, there seems to be someone on the other side of the mountain!"
Suddenly, Zhai Liang shouted in a low voice. Everyone was shocked and hurriedly hid their bodies.
This was already the front line of the Song and Jin wars, and if Jin soldiers came to patrol or search the mountains, it might cause trouble for the rebels.
Everyone followed the direction of Zhai Liang's finger and looked at the mountain road in the distance.
I saw a figure running down from the mountain road, rolling and crawling, covered with dust and a face full of panic.
"Arrest him, lest it spoil a big deal!"
Wang Song said softly, and a few hearts were put down. At first glance, this man was not a soldier, but he looked like a fleeing citizen.
Zhai Liang nodded and walked lightly through the grass.
The man ran with his life, not believing a kick in front of him, and he fell to the ground, rolled a few times, and just tried to get up, he was already held down, covered his mouth, and had a short knife on his neck.
"Don't yell, or you'll die!"
Zhai Liang said softly, and the short knife in his hand pressed on the man's neck.
The man nodded frequently, and it turned out to be a country man in his 20s, ragged, and shaped like a beggar. Zhai Liang waved his hand and drew back the short knife, and the two rebels next to him lifted the man up.
"Who are you, what are you doing here, and why are you running?"
Seeing that Wang Song was upright and did not speak like a strong man, the man hurriedly replied: "Back to the big officials, the villains are the people of Taigu County. Fanzi burned and looted, and the villain went up the mountain to escape the slaughter of Fanren. Who knew what I saw just now......"
Seeing that the man was stammering and stumbling, Dong Ping stepped forward, his eyes widened angrily, and he said loudly: "You guy, if you don't talk well, Lao Tzu will cut off your dog's head immediately!"
"Don't, don't, the villain says it now, say it now!"
The man panicked, he pointed to the distance of the mountains and forests, and said tremblingly: "Ladies and gentlemen, the villain was hiding on the other side of the mountain just now, and saw someone who was abusing women and killing people, so the villain ran down, afraid that he would also be poisoned."
Zhang Heng's face sank suddenly, and he stepped forward and asked: "The strongman who spoils women and kills, can you see clearly what kind of dress he is, how many people are there, are they fans?"
The man replied with a sad face: "Huiguanren, it's not Fanzi, it's Han, and they also speak Chinese, there are three of them, dressed like you, with knives and guns in their hands, and your outfit is somewhat similar......"
Wang Song's face was gloomy, and several people around him were also silent, Zhai Liang wanted to speak, Wang Song shook his head and said, "Brother Zhai, let's go over and talk about it."
Dong Long drank a few sips of stream water comfortably, and then he breathed a sigh of relief.
The woman just now, with long legs and fair skin, is really ecstatic. He couldn't hold back for a while, and when he was done, he was afraid that Wang Song and others would find out, so he had to kill the killer.
To tell the truth, he was not willing to make this loss-making deal with Wang Song and others, but his eldest brother Dong Ping had to follow, and he couldn't refuse it.
You said you should be a bandit, just do your promising job as a bandit, why do you have to go to the front and play with Fanzi?
How good it is to stay in the mountains, go down the mountain to grab without eating or drinking, the world is wide, Lao Tzu is the first in the world, why do you want to take an egg and touch it on the stone, isn't this going to find death!
"Second brother, you said that if we did this, we wouldn't be found out by others, right?"
Tang Niu next to him was worried, and seemed to know the seriousness of the matter.
Although several people have killed women and children, they are always uneasy in their hearts. Now is not the day when they follow Dong Ping on the mountain, but there is a Wang Song on it, and the title of the Great Song Loyal Army.
If they can't do it, at most they will be scolded and it will be over, but this Wang Song ......
"I'm afraid of a ball!"
Dong Long kicked with a pair of triangular eyes, and stood up suddenly, and the long knife next to him was already in his hand.
"Don't say that no one notices, but what if they do! It's a big deal that Lao Tzu quits, go back to the mountains and be happy, and save yourself from going to Taiyuan City to die!"
The thin monkey next to him complimented: "Just by the relationship between you and your eldest brother, then Wang Song doesn't dare to do anything to us." What's more, what we are doing is so hidden, he must not know. You're worried!"
"Remember, in case the stuffing is exposed, Wang Song wants to attack us, and we will leave."
Dong Long said in a deep voice, with a hint of hideousness in his eyes: "If he doesn't give up and wants to take our brother under the knife, he has to ask the guy in our hand if he agrees!"
The three of them got up together and walked forward, but before they had walked a few steps, they saw Wang Song and his party walking up along the mountain road, Zhai Liang, Dong Ping, and Zhang Heng all followed.
Wang Song and the others were all gloomy and silent, not knowing what they were thinking in their hearts.
The strange thing was that a man with an unfamiliar face next to him was pointing at the three of them, stammering something.
"Heroes, it's the three of them. They killed a few of them!"
Sure enough, it was his subordinates, Wang Song's face sank, and he said to Zhang Heng next to him: "Brother Zhang Heng, you take a few people, together with this brother, to find out the body."
Zhang Heng nodded, looked at the three Dong Long in front of him, snorted coldly in his nostrils, he beckoned, took a few men, and the man led the way.
"Big brother, what are you going to do? We've found the water source, and we're about to go back to it. ”
Dong Long's heart sank, he felt that something was wrong, his face was calm, but his hand grasped the steel knife in his hand.
"Skinny Monkey, give me your knife!"
Dong Ping stepped forward with a gloomy face and said to the thin monkey in front of him. The thin monkey was helpless and handed over the knife at his waist.
Dong Ping pulled out the knife, looked at the blood stains that still existed on the knife, smelled it, and inserted the knife into the sheath with a "sheath", and suddenly hit the thin monkey's face with a scabbard.
"Sure enough, it's a good thing for you!"
Looking at the thin monkey who was knocked to the ground and his face was already red and swollen, Dong Ping threw the knife on the ground, turned his head, and said to Wang Song: "Big official, don't check, it must be a good thing done by these guys." You say, what to do with them, you have to beat them and punish them, you have the final say!"
What virtues his old subordinates have, Dong Ping is naturally clear. The blood stains on the thin monkey knife were still there, and his face was full of panic, not who else could they be.
"Dong Ping, don't be impatient, wait for Zhang Heng and them to come over."
Wang Song said with a calm face, thinking to himself that he wanted to properly solve this matter.
It seems that Dong Ping still wants to cover up his old subordinates and wants to let them live.
Perhaps in the past, they were justified in doing so, and no one could control it. But if you are still the same as before, how can you lead this team, and how can others believe in yourself?
"Big official, sure enough, it was done by a few dogs!"
Zhang Heng and the others carried the two corpses and hurriedly walked over. When they arrived, they laid down the body.
Wang Song stepped forward to take a look. The woman was disheveled, there was dirt on her body, and a knife mark on her neck was very eye-catching. Another seven or eight-year-old child was also killed by having his throat cut.
"You ......"
Wang Song's eyes were blood-red, and he was still thinking about how to weigh the pros and cons just now, but when he saw the corpses of the woman and the child, the anger in his heart rose up.
"Big brother and big officials, it's the little ones who are wrong, ask the big brother and big officials to give the little ones a chance to change!"
Seeing that the matter was revealed, Dong Long and the others immediately knelt on the ground and began to kowtow.
"Sure enough, a few of you did it!"
Before Dong Ping could speak, Zhai Liang was already red-faced and scolded.
"Spoiling women, killing people, not sparing even children, how different from beasts!"
Zhang Heng also shook his head and said: "Self-inflicted, you can't live." We, the righteous people of Taihang Mountain, will never be able to do such a thing that has lost their conscience! Dong Ping, it's up to you now!"
"It's all up to the big officials, and I, Dong Ping, have nothing to say!"
Maybe it was the child's corpse that reminded Dong Ping of something, he walked away alone, turned his head, and never looked at Dong Long and the three again.
"I'm sorry, guys!"
Dong Long stood up from the ground all of a sudden, he took a few steps back, and grabbed the knife in his hand.
The two people next to him also stood up together, Tang Niu had a spear in his hand, and the thin monkey also quickly grabbed the long knife that Dong Ping threw on the ground.
"Brothers, we don't agree with each other, let's go our separate ways today, you take your Yangguan Road, I take my single-plank bridge, each has nothing to do!"
Dong Long and the three of them retreated step by step, looking like they wanted to escape from the scene.
"Destroying a woman from a good family, killing people afterwards, killing innocents, and harming innocent people is heinous!"
After Wang Song finished speaking, he picked up the iron gun and ran up first.
Zhai Liang and Zhang Heng each grabbed their weapons and followed closely. Dong Ping sighed and turned his head to the side.
Two corpses of ordinary people and three large human heads were placed on the grass in front of everyone.
"The loyal and righteous army does the right thing for heaven to fight against the thieves, Dong Long and the three of them spoil women, kill people and destroy traces, military law is not tolerated!"
Wang Song shouted loudly: "The brothers have seen clearly, this is the end of disobeying military discipline and insulting the people." If anyone commits it again, he will be punished severely!"
"Well done officials!"
Deng Shixiong cheered loudly. Although he ran rampant in the countryside, he never did anything harmful. Wang Song is selfless and enforces the law impartially, which makes him admire him in his heart.
The rebels below cheered, and the unruly people inside were stunned one by one at this moment, and everyone's hearts were half cold.
"Listen, all of you, and obey the orders of the great officials. If anyone dares to make waves, I, Dong Ping, will be the first to cut him down!"
"Obey the military orders of the great officials!"
"All the big officials, please!"
The rebels below all shouted loudly, and this time, the voice was much louder and more neat.
Wang Song nodded secretly. The heads of Dong Long and the three of them are definitely not a bad thing, just to warn the righteous army that the loyal and righteous army has strict military discipline, and no one can trespass.
Although he does not know how to govern the army, he is also familiar with it, and the orders are prohibited, and the military orders are like mountains, which is an army that can fight well and run rampant in the world.
"Big official, you don't know, this Dong Long is Dong Ping's cousin."
Wang Song was stunned, and his eyes couldn't help but turn to Dong Ping, who bowed his head and was silent in the distance.