Ten miles outside the first pass in Longnan County, the soldiers and horses of the Ji family had already arrived and stationed there.

Originally, when the soldiers and horses of the Ji family arrived outside the Longnan County Pass, many clan elders of the Ji family asked to immediately send troops to attack the Longnan County Pass. But their request was stopped by Ji Daotian.

Ji Daotian is still afraid that Wang Mang will have some tricks, he doesn't want to take risks, he is afraid of losing face, he just wants to win steadily. Because he knew that if he lost face, he would not be able to convince the people in the future.

After he stopped the opinions of many Ji family elders, he did not make any other moves, and patiently waited for Li Zhong and Pi Tong to lead the army to help.

At about nine o'clock in the morning, Wang Mang led everyone up to the city tower.

He stood at the top of the city tower and looked at the place where the Ji family's army was stationed from afar, and when he looked at it, he saw that the dense camps were all over the plain, and the black pressure was overwhelming.

"Well, how can the manpower of the Mandate of Heaven be forced. It's not that I don't want to save you, it's that I can't save you. Wang Mang sighed deeply, and then said to the city lord Yang Hong: "Longnan County is under the direct jurisdiction of Huo Rongsheng, I have previously issued a military order to Huo Rongsheng, saying that the disaster relief food in each state and county can only be controlled at 300,000 to 500,000 denier, and these disaster relief foods should be given priority to the elderly, weak women, pregnant women, and injured people.

Huo Rongsheng has a lot of things, and he can't do everything in detail, and he is not in Longnan County now, but in Tianshui Pass. I think that when my military order is conveyed to him, he will surely convey it to you truthfully. Yesterday when I was inspecting the city, I found that you did a very bad job in this matter, and there are many loopholes. Some of the affected people have not received priority assistance.

Yang Hong, how do you explain this? Could it be that Huo Rongsheng doesn't have the energy to take care of these things, can you just do it willfully? If you hadn't put the effort into it, how would so many people have died because they didn't get enough food? If it weren't for your disaster relief, how would those people who are still alive be determined to live and die? It is difficult to win the hearts and minds of the people, but it is very easy to lose the hearts and minds of the people. You can't do a single disaster relief thing, what use do I want you? ”

Wang Mang was very angry about this kind of thing, and his tone was quite stern.

Yesterday, when he heard the words of the middle-aged man, he really wanted to talk to Yang Hong as soon as possible, and wanted to cure Yang Hong's crime. But at the critical moment, he stopped his anger.

Because he thought that going to Yang Hong in the middle of the night to say that this matter was not right, and although Yang Hong was the city lord, Yang Hong had no way to control everything in place.

Now he spoke this question in front of many soldiers, and many soldiers listened attentively.

The reason why Wang Mang said this on this occasion is not that he has no plans. He wanted to use this to stabilize the morale of the army, and told the officers and men of the army that he had always been concerned about the disaster relief, and the matter of the injured people was always in his heart.

After Yang Hong was scolded by Wang Mang, he couldn't help but feel a chill. Then he knelt down on the ground and said, "Lord Wang is above, and his subordinates are guilty." The subordinates did not benefit from the disaster, which caused a great loss of people's morale, and asked the adults to punish them. ”

"Reprimand? Will I be able to revive the dead people if I punish you? If I punish you, will you be able to restore the hearts and minds of the people who have been lost? What you have to do now is to make up for your mistakes honestly and to satisfy the people who have been affected by the disaster. ”

Wang Mang said coldly: "The disaster relief is a great merit, and you still don't care about it, which shows how ridiculous you are." From now on, I will give you one month, and I want you to thoroughly investigate this matter and arrest all those who neglect their duties and do not strictly enforce our military orders. If you can't do this again, I will destroy your nine tribes. ”

"Thank you for your kindness, my subordinates will do their best to ensure that nothing goes wrong." Yang Hongdao.

"Humph!" Wang Mang snorted coldly: "What you just said is that the whole army is listening and testifying, if there is any more problem, don't blame me for being ruthless at that time." ”

After Wang Mang criticized Yang Hong, he said to the chief soldier Su Chun: "General Su, you can't do this thing, if I remember correctly, seventy percent of the soldiers who distribute disaster relief food should be under your control, and thirty percent should be under Yang Hong's control, right?" Although I don't know who is controlling the soldiers who are derelict in their duties, I think there are probably more people who derelict their duties. I don't believe that those who don't obey military orders are all from Yang Hong's side.

You are a person under Huo Rongsheng, and I can't take you down without permission, so you can go to him to confess your guilt. ”

The chief soldier Su Chun said: "The last general is willing to be punished!" ”

Wang Mang shouted: "Although knowing mistakes can improve greatly, some mistakes can be forgiven, and some mistakes cannot be forgiven. Now that the problem has been discovered, we still have a chance to remedy it. If this problem has not been discovered, then the entire Longnan County will not be full of resentment in a few years?

You must know that every negligence you make can lead to the death of countless people. I don't want to see anything like this again, you go to Huo Rongsheng's side now to confess, and at the same time tell him what I said, let him strictly supervise the disaster relief, I will never allow any more accidents. ”

Wang Mang was scolding, and suddenly many people rushed up to the city tower in the distance.

After Wang Mang heard the movement, he turned his head to look, and found that it was Huo Rongsheng.

Huo Rongsheng heard Wang Mang's stern shouts from afar, he was very suspicious and puzzled, so he quickened his pace.

When he came to Wang Mang, he hurriedly asked, "Brother Wang, what happened, why are you so angry?" ”

"Hmph, you're too embarrassed to ask me what's going on?" Wang Mang said: "Brother Huo, I repeatedly explained that day, saying that I must put disaster relief in the first place, but look at it, your subordinates still dare to neglect their duties. While speaking, Wang Mang also told the reason.

Huo Rongsheng smiled bitterly after hearing this, he understood Su Chun a little, after all, no one can be a sage. Moreover, the soldiers and horses of the Ji family came in a vast manner, and it was normal for some soldiers not to strictly abide by military orders in fear.

However, Wang Mang has now said this sternly, and Huo Rongsheng can't help but express it. Besides, Huo Rongsheng also knew that the reason why Wang Mang was angry on this occasion was because Wang Mang wanted to put on an attitude in front of the whole army.

"Su Chun, it is true that you have not done well enough in this matter, and it is reasonable for Lord Wang to punish you now. Remembering that you have not been able to detect the problem in time due to your years of hard work and the recent involvement in many military affairs, I will spare you the death penalty this time. You immediately hand over the talisman and give up the position of the commander. As for whether you are willing to join the army or not, that's up to you. Even if you want to leave Gansu. ”

Su Chun said: "Thank you Lord Huo for not killing, my subordinates are willing to receive punishment and continue to serve in the army." ”

"Good!" Huo Rongsheng said: "Since you are willing to continue to serve in the army, then you can start as a centurion, and after the matter here is done, you can go to the military aircraft department to register." Also, you can't rely on the fact that you were the chief soldier in the barracks to do anything wrong, you have to learn the lesson of this time and start over. If you make any mistakes, even if Brother Wang doesn't kill you, I will kill you. ”

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