Originally, Sun Tu was still happy to hear that his wife and children were safe, but Tong Mu's words later made his smiling face suddenly collapse, and what he was most worried about still happened.

As early as when he started the army, Sun Tu had already set a strict order for his soldiers to abide by military discipline and not to disturb the people along the road and rob the people's property. This was not only intended to subdue the hearts and minds of the people, but also to prevent the corruption of military discipline and pave the way for various measures to be taken after the eventual successful capture of Tokyo. Even before waving his army to attack Bianliang, Sun Tudu emphasized this point again, so that the generals could restrain their subordinates, and the rewards would be indispensable to everyone.

But once there are too many people, things are still out of control after all, even if Sun Tu has repeatedly reclaimed, when hundreds of thousands of troops really entered the prosperous Bianliang in Tokyo, some people still failed to resist the temptation of money, and committed violations of military discipline, breaking into private houses, injuring and robbing people......

It was precisely because he knew how much Sun Tu attached importance to this matter, and after suddenly hearing more than a dozen vicious incidents, Tong Mu, who was supposed to be in front of the palace, left urgently, and suppressed people to calm the situation. In the end, he handled it in a timely and proper manner, so that he did not let the situation expand further and suppressed some other generals who were about to move.

After calming down for a moment, Sun Tucai exhaled a turbid breath and asked, "Who did such a thing?" ”

"It turned out that seven or eight generals and colonels from the Northern Army and the Western Army openly led people to rush into people's houses and loot them on a large scale, and they were slashed by them because the people there stopped them, but fortunately no one was killed. In addition, several officers who had just been incorporated by us before also broke the door of the rich family and looted it because of greed for a while, after entering the inner city, the soldiers broke the door of the rich family and looted it......" Speaking of this child, Mu hesitated again, and finally added: "There is another person, Qi Huan, who is a general under Song Gongming, because he has a grudge against an official in the inner city, he led his troops to break into the door without any hesitation after entering it, and killed all the good and cheap people in his house, a total of more than 20 people......"

Sun Tu's face had gradually eased when he heard him say the things in front of him, but the last one still made him gasp: "Then Qi Huan is full of murder? "Now, the nature of the matter is completely different.

Tong Mu nodded, and helped explain: "But after killing someone, Qi Huan took the initiative to put down his weapon and went to see Song Gongming, and now his subordinates are all taken into custody, and they have not resisted at all." And I've heard that he's all about avenging his family. ”

Seeing that Sun Tu was silent, Tong Mu said again: "This Qi Huan is also from Tokyo, and his family was also quite wealthy, and he was a merchant family. As a result, because he offended the Ji family with Gao Yu as a backer, the whole family was framed and convicted, and finally all Yu died in prison.

In the past few years, he has also made a lot of meritorious contributions with his martial arts, and now he is a marquis under Song Gongming, and he has won his trust and reuse. Not to mention anything else, even this time he made a lot of efforts to enter Tokyo, and he was the first person to enter the city, so the general ......"

His words were interrupted by Sun Tu: "I understand what you mean, do you think that Qi Huan has a lot of merit, and this murder is even more for a reason, so you want to persuade me to open the net?" ”

Tong Mu nodded, but after seeing Sun Tu's expression, he knew that his words might not be useful. Sure enough, I heard Sun Tu say solemnly: "Qi Huan also has some impressions, he is indeed a rare talent in the army, but he is too reckless, even if he has a grudge, he shouldn't be in a hurry, but where does this put my military law?" ”

Tong Mu was silent, of course he understood Sun Tu's hard work, but at the same time, he was also worried about the impact of really enforcing the law impartially. Sun Tu saw his concern at a glance, so he smiled and said, "Let's go, let's go and meet those who dare to disrupt our military discipline first, and deal with this matter." This time, I am fortunate to have you to help me take action in time, otherwise, I am afraid that there will be more chaos. ”

This is a fact, if Tong Mu hadn't made a timely move and immediately took those guys who robbed the people's property, I am afraid that everyone else would follow suit. And once the door of this evil is really opened, even if Sun Tu comes forward, he may not be able to suppress it. At that time, maybe the entire Tokyo Bianliang will be in chaos, which is not the situation Sun Tu wants to see.

Tong Mu hurriedly said modestly, and then rode his horse to follow Sun Tu, and hurriedly rushed to the front, and soon came to the former Privy Council Yamen, which had been temporarily set up as the command post of the thief army. This is a place chosen by Song Jiang, it should be to fulfill his wish for many years. At this time, the soldiers and horses inside and outside the door here were quite lively, until they saw Sun Tu coming, everyone stopped walking and saluting, and many people still looked like they wanted to talk and stopped, obviously wanting to intercede for those reckless and greedy people who almost broke the big thing.

Sun Tu did not give them a chance to intercede, and immediately rode into the solemn and tall portal, until he came to the hall like a palace before dismounting and stepping into it. Then at a glance, I saw hundreds of soldiers tied there, the most eye-catching of which were more than a dozen strong men with bright armor and stalk around their necks.

Song Jiang was still complaining about everyone's nonsense at this time, and when he saw that Sun Tu had arrived, he hurriedly turned around and saluted: "General, these brothers ......"

Without waiting for him to explain, Sun Tu said, "I already know the cause and effect, and you don't have to excuse them anymore. As he spoke, he swept over the crowd again: "You are really promising, as soon as you enter Tokyo, you feel that you are the master here, and you start to think about getting rich, but you ignore the military orders of this official!" ”

Although it is not a sharp speech, but now Sun Tu has a power far beyond ordinary officials, and how can these ordinary soldiers in front of him resist, only for a moment, they knelt down and confessed their guilt: "General, the last general is guilty." The last general was greedy for a while, and actually ignored the ban to harass the people, which was really a great crime, and asked the general to punish him. ”

"General, although they violated military law, they were only confused for a while after all, and it didn't have much impact, so I thought it would be better to be lightly punished. After all, they are all meritorious, and they are all brothers who have fought bloody battles with the Liao people and the Jin people, and have made great contributions to my Great Song Dynasty. Song Jiang hurriedly persuaded him, and then looked at Tong Mu again, hoping that he could also help speak.

Before Tong Mu could open his mouth, several generals from outside hurried in, but it was Dong Ping, Lin Chong and others who came here on purpose after learning about this. After hearing Song Jiang's words of intercession, they also hurriedly followed: "General, what General Song said is very true, the soldiers are mostly confused for a while to do such things, and I will spare them this time if they have made meritorious contributions." ”

"Yes, General, it's just a few small things, and we didn't hurt a few people, we sent them to the door to apologize, and just return the looted property to the other party, presumably those people won't hold on to it."

"Please also raise your noble hand ......"

In the face of these many people's pleas, Sun Tu's face became more and more ugly, and after a moment of silence, he suddenly asked: "Why do you think we can have today's victory, from only one Qingzhou city, thousands of soldiers and horses, to almost the entire Great Song Dynasty today?" What made Sun Tu rise out of so many generals and hold such power? ”

Several people looked at each other, but some did not know how to answer. Sun Tu didn't expect them to give the answer he wanted, so he quickly replied himself: "Because compared to the corrupt Xiang armies in various places, the army built by my Sun Tu is the strongest, and it is the most obedient to military orders. It can be said that military discipline and military law are the foundation of our Sun Tu and everyone to have this achievement, and what is the military discipline that we have been pursuing? It is to kill the enemy and compete for the first, it is the integration of the army and the people, and it is to never disturb the people, not harm the people, and not take a stitch from the people. Do you remember what was sung in the military song I taught everyone? The three major disciplines and eight points of attention are written not to take the people's money, let alone hurt people and rob their property!

"And now, you have just entered Tokyo, and you have not even stood on your heels, and you are thinking about getting rich, this is a serious provocation to our military discipline, if you don't deal with it strictly, how can you convince others? If this official has spared you so lightly today, tomorrow, more people will hurt and loot people everywhere in Tokyo because of greed, and the day after tomorrow may cause even greater chaos, until the two sides become enemies, until we are either beaten out of Tokyo by the soldiers and civilians here, or we will slaughter the city and turn this Tokyo into a hell on earth! You think this is just a trivial matter, but in the eyes of this official, this is clearly the key to our success or failure, and the will of the people is everything! ”

After saying these words, the generals were immediately speechless, they naturally knew that what Sun Tu said was a slight exaggeration, but the meaning was still right, this kind of corrupting military discipline must not be opened, otherwise the consequences will be extremely serious.

"What does the general mean?" Tong Mu asked in a low voice.

"Originally, I had a military order, and those who hurt people and robbed the people of their money and property were given military sticks and displayed to the public according to their severity of responsibility, and in order to set an example, this time it was doubled, and each person was heavily punished with 100 military sticks in public. Three days later, he walked in front of the Suzaku Gate, the most lively place in the city, and announced it to the whole city for the people to come and watch. Sun Tu said, another pause, looked at those subordinates who were obviously a little resentful, and said: "In addition, as the commander of the three armies, this official failed to prepare early, so that if you make a big mistake, you should also be punished......

As soon as the "general......" heard this, everyone was really a little anxious: "By all means, you are the main general in our army, the backbone of everyone, how can you be punished like this?" ”

"General, if you can't punish the doctor, how can we do this!"

"That's all a set of fallacies and heresies from the past, since I started, the officers and men in the army are treated equally, and whoever makes a mistake will be punished, thinking that those who come later will be punished!" Sun Tu said firmly: "Military law is as big as the sky!" Do as I say, and go and spread the word. ”