Chapter 33 Looking at Fengyang City from afar

The sun was scorching, almost roasting everyone.

Zhang Xuan sat on a tall horse in armor, his eyes swept over the audience, and hundreds of people were pressed below.

All of them were shirtless, tied up, kneeling on the ground, and there was a Linying battalion soldier behind him, holding a long knife in his hand. The sunlight flowed above the blade, as if the gaze of a beast was about to choose a person to eat.

"The hour has come." Deng He said.

As if aware of their tragic fate, these people shouted one after another: "General, spare your life, we don't dare anymore." ”

"General, spare your life."

Zhang Xuan stiffened his face, tried to make his face expressionless, and said to Deng He: "Give them what should be given to them, send them on the road." ”

"Yes." Deng He said.

Immediately Deng He ordered, and the executioners behind them all brought a bowl of wine and said: "Brother, don't shout, military law is like a mountain, we adults have never had two orders, say kill your whole family, kill your whole family, one more is not more, one less is not less." Admit it. Come, drink this bowl of wine, go on the road early, grab a good tire, and don't live like you do in the next life. ”

Of course, in the face of such persuasion, some of these people can drink it, but they can't drink it, which makes the executioner cheaper, after all, alcohol is controlled in the army, and it can't be idle.

When Zhang Xuan saw this, he didn't want to look at it anymore, so he turned around and left.

Immediately, one scream after another sounded behind him, and the execution began.

Zhang Xuan returned to his big tent and sat there for a while.

In fact, he understands these officers and soldiers a little.

These officers and soldiers have been messing around like this before, they have never expected to fight, and after surrendering, they just want to eat, but Zhang Xuan's training and marching intensity is too great, and these people can't stand it. During the march, several others died for various reasons. I don't know if I was dying of illness or exhaustion.

So they united to make trouble, wanting Zhang Xuan to reduce the intensity of the march.

Understandable.

But military law is merciless.

Today, these soldiers gather to make trouble and get forgiveness, and the soldiers below will definitely not be grateful to him, but absolutely weak, and will only gain an inch.

Maybe there are other ways to let them understand the military order, but Zhang Xuan doesn't have the time to educate slowly, so he can only use this ancient and practical method, which is to make an example of a hundred, I believe that after this experience, this is a soldier who would rather run to death than dare to make trouble.

It's just that no matter what you say, it's more than a hundred lives.

Zhang Xuan suddenly sighed, took out a wine jar from under the table, and poured a sip of wine, this wine was obtained from Quy Nhon Town, and I heard that it was also good wine, but Zhang Xuan drank it in his mouth, and only felt that his mouth was full of bitterness.

"Your Excellency." Someone outside said.

As soon as Zhang Xuan heard it, he knew that it was Cao Zongyu who came. said: "Brother Cao is here, sit down." ”

Cao Zongyu frowned slightly when he saw Zhang Xuan drinking, and said, "My lord, the lives of tens of thousands of brothers are in the hands of adults, and it's a bit bad for adults to be like this." ”

Zhang Xuan looked at the wine in his hand and said, "Brother Cao, that's right." I was wrong. Then he threw the jar aside and said, "How is it in the army, can we fight again?" ”

Cao Zongyu said: "It's the last general, the royal majesty is not strict, only this matter, the morale of the Xuzhou army is fluctuating, it is best to repair for a few days, otherwise it is not enough to fight with a strong enemy." ”

Zhang Xuan nodded, he knew this situation very well, Zhang Xuan's quick knife to cut through the mess certainly made the whole army obey orders, but people are not machines after all, and it is inevitable that there will be a feeling of a rabbit dying and a fox hurting it, so it is best to fix it. said: "In this case, let the whole army camp here." ”

Cao Zongyu said: "Yes." ”

Zhang Xuan suddenly said, "Brother Cao, what did I do wrong today?" ”

Cao Zongyu was silent for a while, and said: "There is nothing wrong with it, and it will be the same if I do it." In troubled times, we must use heavy canons. ”

Zhang Xuan groaned and said: "After all, it is more than 100 lives." ”

"If, the general is entangled in more than 100 lives." Cao Zongyu said: "Don't lead the army alone, because you are now shouldering the lives of tens of thousands of people in the whole army." ”

Zhang Xuan was stunned, got up and said, "Teach by it." ”

Cao Zongyu's words gave Zhang Xuan a reason to explain, he really can't relax, although he can't cross the Huai River for a while, he must also have the preparations. Zhang Xuan changed his clothes to cover the smell of wine on his body, and then summoned the generals.

"Qin Meng." Zhang Xuan said.

"The end will be." Qin Meng said.

"Two things, first, I want news from the South Bank, no matter what method you use, the news from the South Bank must be obtained. Second, to send someone to contact King Wu, you must get in touch with King Wu, can you do it? Zhang Xuan said.

"Yes." Qin Meng said: "The last general is going to send a few old men in the battalion to sail the boat upstream. I think I will definitely be able to get in touch with the king, but the time is not clear. ”

"Give this letter to the king." Zhang Xuan said.

On Zhang Xuan's letter, there was only one meaning, that is, to ask Luo Rucai to bring Zhou Fuchen and the sailors under Zhou Fuchen's command over. Help him cross the river.

"Yes." Qin Meng said.

Zhang Xuan's gaze swept over everyone and said, "Jin Shenghuan, Yang Shenzu." ”

"The end will be." The two of them arrived at the same time.

"The task of the two of you is to collect boats, I don't believe it, the Huai River is so long, you can't find enough boats. I also don't believe that Ma Shiying can get all the ships to the south shore? Zhang Xuan said.

Zhang Xuan never believed in the execution ability of the Ming Dynasty, the long waterway on both sides of the Huai River, it was very easy to move the ships on the north bank to the south bank, but it was just a matter of moving the mouth, but the actual action was much more cumbersome, if the Ming Dynasty had such a good execution ability, it would not fall to the current level.

The reason why Zhang Xuan asked the two of them to do this thing was that both of them ran fast on four legs. Moreover, the two of them were also the armies that were not affected in this mutiny. It can be harder.

"Yes." The two said in unison.

"The other camps." Zhang Xuan said: "Cutting down trees, making rafts, even if there are not enough boats, we have to build a pontoon bridge over the Huai River." ”

"Yes." The crowd agreed.

"Three days." Zhang Xuan said: "Within three days, this section of the pontoon bridge will be built, and after three days, I will cross the river with the whole army." ”

The soldiers are fast, Zhang Xuan has been delayed for a lot of time before the mutiny, he is afraid that if he delays it again, I am afraid that there will be other variables.

The pontoon bridge does not have any technical content, at least the pontoon bridge that Zhang Xuan wants to need, does not need any technical content, in the pre-Qin period, there was already a pontoon bridge on the Yellow River. Therefore, the whole army was busy and was preparing for the pontoon bridge.

The third night of the first month of August.

More than a dozen soldiers swam across the Huai River with hemp ropes on their backs.

Although most of Zhang Xuan's army are from the North, it is still easy to find a few people with good water nature.

Immediately after the soldiers on the opposite side landed on the shore, they immediately fixed the hemp ropes one by one.

Then the rafts were pushed into the water, all the rafts were fixed on hemp ropes, and after a busy night, when the sky was bright, a pontoon bridge was built.

This pontoon bridge, in Zhang Xuan's opinion, is quite unreliable, there are some horizontal fishing boats on both banks, with wooden planks on them, but in the middle, all of them have become rafts, and because of the impact of the current, the middle is obviously bent.

If possible, Zhang Xuan hopes to be fixed with iron cables, but for a while, where can Zhang Xuan go to a metal cable or two miles long, even if there is iron material, it is too late to build it now. You can only use hemp rope because of the ugliness.

Dozens of soldiers with good water quality walked over from the pontoon, although it was shaky, but there was no problem, I think only if a large number of people did not pass at one time, this pontoon bridge was enough to support.

Zhang Xuan breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Prepare to cross the river." Jin Shenghuan's department went first. ”

The reason why Zhang Xuan let Jin Shenghuan go over first was not because he had an opinion on Jin Shenghuan, but because he decided to send a capable fighter first.

However, his plan fell through.

"My lord, there is a boat, there is a boat." I don't know who shouted, Zhang Xuan immediately looked east, but saw that in the morning mist, there were black shadows fluttering. Because of the morning light, the morning fog has thinned, isn't it what a ship is?

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