Zhao Junsheng did not let the soldiers be idle, while the men were lighting a fire and cooking, he directed the soldiers to train the queue, train assassination, block and other basic combat movements.

Even after dinner, he ordered the lights to be lit in the camp and continued to train the soldiers until they were exhausted.

Before dawn the next morning, he asked people to blow the trumpet and gather for the morning exercise, and practiced for an hour to let the men have dinner, which has been repeated on the march since leaving Suiyang City.

War is no joke, especially in the era of cold weapon warfare, if a soldier does not have a strong fighting force, he will definitely die the fastest, and as an officer, if you want to live longer on the battlefield, the only way is to train a group of strong soldiers. Although the baggage soldiers hardly participate in battle, who can guarantee that the escort of supplies will not be ambushed and raided by the enemy?

After breakfast, he continued to practice, and it was not until halfway through the hour that Lu Xuanbo and the hundredth general returned with the men and horses, and together they brought back a dozen or so captured mountain bandits and a young man, in addition, there were four carts of supplies, one cart loaded with a few wooden boxes, one cart loaded with a few bags of grain, and the other two carts loaded with a dozen slaughtered sheep and three big fat pigs.

Zhao Junsheng saw that it was Liu Guang, the nephew of Cheng Wu Zhen of Suiyang County, who was escorted up by two soldiers, and said with a cold face: "It's actually you!" ”

Liu Guang drooped his head, looked up at Zhao Junsheng, and said weakly: "I didn't expect Chu Koudong to be so useless, with more than 120 bandits, not only did he not defeat your rabble, but he was also killed by you without leaving a piece of armor. ”

Zhao Junsheng snorted coldly and said, "Hmph, you think you don't deserve to die?" I just let you lose your errand, but you bought the thief to take my life! You say, did Wu Zhen instruct you to do it behind your back? Or did your uncle and nephew conspire? ”

Liu Guang stiffened his neck and said: "Everything is done by me Liu Guang alone, it has nothing to do with anyone else, you want to involve this matter on my uncle, no way!" ”

"You can not confess Wu Zhen, but I believe that the torture methods of the government will make you submit!"

Zhao Junsheng stared at Liu Guang for a while, and shouted, "Come on, go and call Shi Pan!" ”

Shi Pan quickly rushed over and hugged his fists and said, "What do you want from the head of the camp?" ”

Zhao Junsheng pointed at Liu Guang and said to Shi Pan: "This person paid a lot of money to buy Chu Koudong, the leader of the mountain bandits in Yingzui Ridge, with more than 100 mountain bandits, to attack my baggage team, this is the crime of rebellion!" Where does he, a small flat-headed commoner, have such guts? I suspect that behind him is his uncle Liang Junjun Cheng Wu Zhen! I will repair a book now, you and your brothers will bring the letters, take the heads of Liu Guang and Chu Koudong, the mountain bandits and the gold used to buy Chu Koudong back to Suiyang City, and hand over the letters and these people and the heads of Chu Koudong to General Liang, and the general will deal with it!" You don't have to come back after you go back, there are nearly 300 brothers on my side, and there won't be much danger on the way! ”

Shi Pan replied: "Yes!" ”

The letter was quickly written, and Shi Pan called his cavalry to bring the letter and escorted Liu Guang and the bandits away.

The hundredth person will arrange for the soldiers to rest, Zhao Junsheng opened a few boxes brought back from the mountain bandits' den and opened them to see, all of them were five baht coins from the Cao Wei period, and more than 30 gold cakes, this year's commerce and trade were not very developed, and there were not many caravans of merchants, and the rich landlords' families also had armed families, and it was not easy for the mountain bandits to grab too much money, and it was estimated that they had accumulated these belongings for many years.

As soon as Zhao Junsheng saw that he had brought back so much mutton and pork from this trip, he immediately ordered the men to chop six sheep for the soldiers to eat, ensuring that there was one pound of meat per capita, so that everyone could eat and drink enough.

Afternoon.

Zhao Junsheng blew the trumpet to gather, and the soldiers thought that they were going to pull out the camp and set off, but they didn't expect that when everyone gathered, Zhao Junsheng ordered someone to escort the eight deserters to the front, and there was a wooden sign behind each person, and the words "deserter so-and-so" were written on the wooden card.

Everyone had a bad feeling in their hearts.

Sure enough, everyone listened to Zhao Junsheng say: "Before setting off from Suiyang City, this official said when he promulgated the military discipline that if he encounters an enemy attack, ambush, or attack, anyone who retreats and escapes from the battle will be killed!" During the battle yesterday, there were many people who turned around and fled, but the vast majority of them turned around and came back to continue the battle, only these eight people fled at the first time and never returned, and the other people could give them a chance to mend their ways, but these eight people must be severely punished with military justice! Where is the axeman? ”

Everyone's faces changed, and a few of the eight deserters collapsed on the ground in fright, and a few cried and begged for mercy.

With Zhao Junsheng shouting, the eight executioners walked behind these deserters with big knives, spread their legs, and raised their big knives with both hands.

"Slash!" Zhao Junsheng shouted loudly.

Eight sword lights flashed, blood splashed, eight heads rolled to the ground, and the soldiers below were silent one by one, and they didn't dare to take a breath.

Zhao Junsheng looked at all the soldiers below with a cold face, his gaze swept back and forth over their faces, "This time, this official can report and treat the eight of them as killed, and if there are family members, their family members can get a pension." The next time someone escapes from the battle, he will not only be beheaded when he is caught, but he will also be reported to his hometown for the crime of desertion, so that his family will be humiliated and humiliated! ”

The soldiers were all related, and many of them were secretly glad that they turned around at the critical moment and returned to continue to participate in the battle, otherwise there must be one of them in the group of people who were cut down.

Zhao Junsheng waved his hand: "Okay, the soldiers of the Ninth Tooth went to pick up some dry firewood, burned the bodies of the fallen soldiers, collected the ashes and put them in jars, and handed them over to the government along the way for them to send people back to the families of the soldiers!" The others packed their bags and got ready to set out for the camp! ”

"Yes!" The soldiers responded with a bang and dispersed to prepare.

After this incident, Zhao Junsheng's authority in the hearts of such soldiers was completely established, and no one dared to disobey his orders anymore.

Two days later, the baggage team, led by Zhao Junsheng, arrived in Yanjin, intending to cross the Yellow River here to Hebei.

There are two main ways to Jinling, one is to take the eastern side of Taihang Mountain through Hebei to Jinling; The other way is to take Shanxi. First go to Tiger Prison, Luoyang, cross Hangu Pass, go to Shaanxi County to cross the river to Hedong, go Taiyuan from Hedong, and go north all the way to Jinling, but this road is much more rugged, and there are many descendants of the Huns and other barbarians living along the way, there are many bandits, there are often barbarians who gather to rebel, Zhao Junsheng chose to take the road of Hebei.