Chapter Ninety-Nine: Cleaning Up the Mess II

The so-called reward is not overdue, since you have made a meritorious service, you must reward it quickly, otherwise the army may not be able to wait.

However, when many generals heard this, their faces became even more bitter.

Priority matters. The meaning of the different orders is completely different. If you punish first, there is still the possibility of making up for the merits, but if you want to send the reward down, when the time comes to punish it, I'm afraid it won't be the one to plead.

No matter what they think, Zhang Xuan's decision will not change.

Immediately, Zheng Lian sent the reward down first, and rewarded the whole army with more than 100,000 taels of silver in one go. If it weren't for the practice of this era, the gentry in Changsha City would have paid a lot of money to labor the army, and Zhang Xuan would not have been able to make such a big deal?

What the? You say, what should the gentry in the city do if they don't pay for it? They will know that there is a basis for practice to be convention.

Each soldier received at least one tael of silver, and the number of generals above increased in turn. However, relatively speaking, they did not receive much silver, and they had another reward, that is, the promotion of official titles and titles, but this power was in the Privy Council.

At least after reporting to the imperial court, it can only be promoted.

We'll have to wait a while.

After the reward is over, it is time to go under the knife.

Zhang Xuan's tone became cold, and it seemed that even the torches became swaying for a while, Zhang Xuan said lightly: "No matter who it is, when I re-entered my Southern Expeditionary Army, I said that obeying military orders should give you a lot, glory and wealth, wife and son, and founding hero." This can only be done by you, and I will definitely fight for you, not to mention the silver, if you are blinded by horse urine for a few taels of silver, don't blame me for being unpredictable. ”

"Ma Guangyu." Zhang Xuan's tone sank and said, "You are guilty." ”

Ma Guangyu secretly complained in his heart, pounced, knelt on the ground, and said: "The last general is not strict, and the general is also asked to punish the crime." ”

The largest number of troops descended from Nancheng into Changsha City, and there was a chaos that Xu had to use a knife to suppress. The thing that made Xu Du kill hundreds of people in one go happened in Nancheng. Many of them are Ma Guangyu's subordinates. Even those who gathered to fight against Xu Du were also returned.

Zhang Xuan didn't look for Ma Guangyu to find anyone.

Ma Guangyu was secretly depressed in his heart, he hated those fellow clans who didn't know the height of the sky. They didn't count their own death, they also involved themselves. He Ma Guangyu wanted to mix well in the Xia Dynasty, and he never had the idea of breaking away from Great Xia.

Zhang Xuan said: "Since that's the case, don't blame me for being rude." ”

Zhang Xuan may not have the idea of dealing with Ma Guangyu in his heart, but firstly, Ma Guangyu is at most guilty of negligence, and the crime is not death, and Ma Guangyu is the first general in the loyal camp to surrender to the Xia army, not to mention anything else

, just on the side of Gao Yigong, Zhang Xuan can't be heavy-handed against Ma Guangyu.

"If you commit a first offense, you will be punished with sixty rods, and you will be immediately executed if you are pulled down."

As soon as Zhang Xuan's words fell, someone immediately said loudly: "Yes." ”

Two or three big men pulled Gao Yigong down, picked up the military stick and fought 1510, but he didn't cheat at all, but although Ma Guangyu is not a fierce general, he is also from the army, and his body is very strong.

After receiving sixty sticks in one breath, I only felt that my back was numb with pain. The leg moved slightly, as if there were countless thin needles pierced on the buttocks, and the pain was unbearable.

However, even so, Ma Guangyu still stiffened his injuries, walked over step by step, knelt on the ground, and said, "Thank you for your magnanimity. ”

Zhang Xuan saw that there seemed to be some liquid, which quickly spread from under Ma Guangyu's knees. It should be blood.

The thick military stick with the mouth of the bowl, sixty sticks, Ma Guangyu can hold on. It can be seen that his body bones are not bad.

"Go down and heal." Zhang Xuan said.

Ma Guangyu breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, didn't dare to say a word more, and was immediately helped left and right.

For the upper-level generals, he was held high and lightly, but for the lower-level soldiers, Zhang Xuanke didn't talk about it at all, and was about to kill a group of people.

Zhang Xuan waved his hand, and Zheng Lian immediately took out the list and began to read.

Below the battalion officer, more than 100 households, dozens of officers were taken down in one go.

There were also officers who had no luck standing here at all, and were already summarily executed on the street.

Every time Zheng Lian said a name, two guards stepped forward and pressed him heavily to the ground. But in a moment, there was a black press.

Zheng Lian's tone paused slightly, and he seemed to be a little surprised by the document he read, and said, "The above generals will be executed on the spot." ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone began to make noise at the same time, and they all said anything.

"General, I don't accept it, I don't accept it, didn't I just kill two or three people? When I broke the city today, I was born and died for the great general. The general cannot unload the mill and kill the donkey. ”

"General, if the big thing is not accomplished, why not kill the strong man first."

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Zhang Xuan didn't listen to what they said, and coughed lightly, and immediately someone shouted loudly, suppressing these voices.

Zhang Xuan took a few steps forward and sneered, and said, "Didn't I reward you for your merits?" I forgot the silver I just arrived, and I was rewarded for my merits, and I naturally had to be punished? A strong man, a mere brave man, relying on a little bravery, used to mutilate living beings, do you think you are a strong man? ”

"Don't want such a strong man."

Zhang Xuan turned around

head, and said, "Didn't you hear?" Summarily executed. ”

"Yes." Ma Sanbao agreed. With a wave of his hand, a loud scream came, but in a moment, these dozens of people were already in different places.

Tonight is a night of killing for Zhang Xuan, and it is not just these dozens of people that he wants to execute, but because these dozens of them are officers, he wants to come forward to execute, and more soldiers are already in the hands of Qin Meng, and they are also being executed at this moment.

There were about 1,000 people, most of whom surrendered to the army and were all executed.

Combined with the soldiers who rioted in the city today, about 2,000 people were executed for violating military law. Even this number is not much less than the number of casualties in the battle of Tianxin Pavilion.

It can be said that the first army will be shocked.

Zhang Xuan had already developed a kind of bearing, and he didn't even blink his eyelids at the dozens of people who died in front of him, and said: "Military law is ruthless, I hope you will think about it carefully." ”

"We will strictly abide by military law and dare not harm the people." The officers said one after another.

Zhang Xuan said: "Okay, you have to strictly restrain the people below, as the person who leads the troops, I will smash all the things committed by the people below on your head, don't blame me for not making it clear." ”

These generals secretly complained, and some even secretly said in their hearts: "I knew that I was on an errand under Zhang Xuan, and it was so hard, I wouldn't have surrendered at the beginning." However, this is just talking, the Southern Expeditionary Army defeated the Ming Army several times, and the Ming Army surrendered to Zhang Xuan's old army, in fact, there is a fear of it.

Hurriedly agreed.

Zhang Xuan looked at these people and breathed a sigh of relief in his heart. He believed that after his overcorrection this night, even the military discipline of the army had greatly improved, and he didn't dare to say that Qiu didn't commit any crimes, but he didn't dare to do anything to kill people and set fires

Lots of petty theft. Standing on some cheap things, Zhang Xuan can't care so much, he can only talk about it in the future.

However, killing people is an easy thing, but it is not an easy thing to solve the sequelae of killing. Zhang Xuan used cruel and overkill killings to teach tens of thousands of surrendered troops a deep lesson. But it also left a deep sequelae.

After all, man is a social creature, he is dead, and his family and friends are there. Originally, the gap between Zhang Xuan's headquarters and the surrendered army was not shallow, and with today's events, the gap was even deeper. It's not easy to resolve for a while.

Zhang Xuan understood one thing more and more in his heart, after laying Changsha. There may be small wars, such as attacking a county town and other wars, but when it comes to the real battle under the city of Changsha, Zhang Xuan can't afford to fight, and he has to repair it for a while.

And if Zhang Xuan wants to repair in Changsha, he must solve a problem.

That's the problem of high merit.

"One year high." Zhang Xuan stood with his hands in his hands, silently chewing three words in his heart. I don't know what I'm thinking.