Zhao Ying replied: "My lord, the cane punishment in the army is only to punish those soldiers who violate the military law and are neither serious nor light. A special wooden staff was used as a tool to strike the victim. ”

"Depending on the severity of the violation of military law, the officers and men will be given 20 to 80 canes."

"Twenty to eighty rods?" Xiong Huai nodded when he heard this, when he watched the TV series before, he hadn't seen that the drama was one or two hundred sticks at every turn.

Xiong Huai then asked, "Why is this number, and is there anything special about it?" ”

Zhao Ying replied again: "Back to the king, the punishment of less than twenty rods will be used in the army, because the cane punishment will cause serious injuries, and the injuries caused by the cane will be relatively light, and all once the military regulations violated in the army are lighter, a larger number of canes will generally be carried out." ”

"Once there is a serious violation of military regulations in the army, according to military law, he can be killed, and naturally there is no need to carry out cane punishment."

Zhao Ying thought for a moment and continued: "And in the army, the punishment is mostly forty to sixty rods. Anyone who has more than 60 rods, if he is not a strong person, is very likely to be disabled, and there is a certain possibility that he will not be able to bear the punishment and will be beaten to death. ”

Xiong Huai took a breath of cold air when he heard this, it is possible to beat a person to death with less than a hundred rods, so if two hundred rods go down, even a cow will be killed.

If that happens, the joke is bigger.

Qu Yuan saw that Chen Zhen was frightened by Zhao Ying's words and broke out in a cold sweat, so he came out and asked: "General, if you have any questions, I hope the general will solve your doubts." ”

Zhao Ying bowed his hand to Qu Yuan and said, "Please ask the doctor for advice." ”

Qu Yuan bowed back to Zhaoying, and said suspiciously: "Ping once also stayed in the army for a while, and often heard that the army punished soldiers with 100 rods and 200 rods, dare to ask why?" ”

Hearing Qu Yuan's question, the other ministers also looked at Zhao Ying to see how he explained.

The punishment Qu Yuan mentioned, they have often heard people mention.

Xiong Huai was stunned when he heard this, Qu Yuan's statement had never been heard of by his predecessor.

And looking at the faces of the ministers, it seems that there is really such a thing.

Could it be that Zhaoying lied?

Xiong Huai frowned and asked, "General, I don't know if what Dr. Sanlu said is true, is there really such a punishment in the army?" ”

Concerned by the King of Chu and his ministers, Zhao Ying did not worry at all, and still said calmly: "Back to the king, what Doctor Sanlu said is true, and there are indeed punishments of one hundred rods and two hundred rods in the army. ”

Hearing Zhao Ying's answer, except for Zhao Ju, everyone else looked puzzled.

Zhao Ying didn't wait for others to ask, and quickly explained to himself: "King, the cane punishment that Doctor Sanlu said and the cane punishment that Weichen said just now are two different punishments. ”

The cane punishment that Weichen mentioned was a cane punishment with a wooden rod made of tree trunks as a torture instrument, and the punishment was very heavy and prone to death. The cane punishment mentioned by Dr. Sanlu is a cane punishment with jingtiao as a torture tool, and the punishment is relatively light, and the punished person is not prone to death. Although both of these punishments are called caning, they are not the same punishment, the former being the cane and the latter being the small cane. ”

"The rod is similar to the whipping (leather whip, not the weapon whip), but it is more severe than the whipping, because of the thorns on the thorns, so the rod is more severe than the whipping, but it is very light compared to the rod. Therefore, the punishment of 20 to 40 canes in the army is often replaced by small canes. ”

Zhaoying's explanation reminded Xiong Huai of the texts he learned in elementary school, Lian Po and Lin Xiangru were guilty of pleading guilty at the beginning of their friendship, and they were guilty of pleading with thorns on their backs.

Is it fashionable to use wattle now?

Hearing this, Xiong Huai understood that if a wooden cane hits a person and hurts his muscles and bones, he will die if he is not careful (if you really want to kill people with a wooden cane, maybe it's just a matter of a few sticks).

Although the flesh and blood of the thorn beating are blurred on the surface, as long as it is handled properly, there is basically no threat of death.

The purpose of cane punishment is only to let others take it as a warning, so that they will no longer break the law, and if they really want to kill someone, they can be directly sentenced to death.

Therefore, the rod of the large plank is not suitable for the purpose of the rod

Xiong Huai looked at it, then looked at Chen Zhen again, and said, "The punishment formulated by Keqing is in harmony with the meaning of the widow. ”

"But for the selection of wattles, there must be a limit, and Keqing will regulate it later."

Chen Zhen responded: "Only." ”

After the matter of corporal punishment was confirmed, Xiong Huai asked the ministers present: "Zhongqing, the envoy we sent to the Qin State sent to the Qin State sent back the news that after Zhang Yi returned to the Qin State, he broke his leg when he came out of the Qin Palace, and now he is closed to the guest and the envoy is not seen. ”

"The widow is not worried about our Chu State, and there will be accidents and twists and turns in the matter of sending the brother of King Ba back to China. It is not sincere to only worry that the peace between Qin and our Chu is insincere. If the Qin State wants to be unfavorable to our Chu State, I don't know what Zhu Qing thinks our Chu State should do. ”

Even if the land that Chu asked for was not a very important place for Qin to be traded, but a country of Ba that was far away from Qin, Zhang Yi still pretended to be injured and delayed time.

This made Xiong Huai have to hesitate, could it be that the Qin State did not plan to send troops to the Qi State at all, from beginning to end, the goal of the Qin State was the Chu State.

Jing Li said: "The king is worry-free, now our Chu State has stopped the military operation against the Ba State, the Hanzhong region is defended by the general Zhao Rat, the army of the Zhu State Jingcui is still resting in Danshui, the general Qu Kuo is currently moving closer to the Zhu State, the Chu State is now impregnable, although the attack on the Qin State is slightly insufficient, but if you want to defend, it is enough." ”

If the armies of Qin and Chu were fighting on the plains, the Chu State would rely on its military superiority and would not be afraid of the Qin State.

But if you take the initiative to attack Qin, the disadvantage of Chu is obvious, last year Zhu Jingcui besieged Qin's Yuzhong, but as a result, he encountered a hard bone, besieged for a long time, and the loss was not small, but it was fruitless.

In the art of war, it is said that the first army to attack the army, the second is to attack the enemy, and then the army is to attack the city, and the law of attacking the city is a last resort.

And the strategy that can be used by the Chu State to attack the Qin State is only the method of attacking the city, and it is a fortified city like Hangu Pass and Wuguan, even if it is filled by people, it may not be effective.

Zhao Ju then added: "Great King, as Ling Yin said, now my Chu State has heavy troops to defend everywhere, and the defense alone is enough to deal with the Qin State. However, if Qin wants to plot against Chu, it will inevitably ask its ally South Korea to send troops, and South Korea hates Qin but hates Chu even more, so the possibility of South Korea sending troops is extremely high. Therefore, we need to defend not only Qin, but also South Korea. ”

"For South Korea, because of the Qi State, a small part of South Korea's troops are stationed on the border between Wei and Han to support the Wei State that is confronting the Qi State at any time, so as to force the Qi State to withdraw its troops."

"In addition to this part of the troops, most of the Korean army is divided into two parts, one is in Yiyang to defend the Qin State, and the other is in the Yangzhai Xinzheng area."

"Once South Korea agrees to Qin's request and sends troops to attack our Chu State, then the place where South Korea sends troops is very likely to be Yiyang and Yangzhai."