Chapter 80: The Siege of Suzhou (13)

After a while, Yang Wu and the others arrived one by one, walked up the makeshift steps and sat down. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info

Seeing this, Cui Su loudly announced: "The military discipline of the Huainan army is strict, but last night, after the army entered the city, someone broke into the house in violation of military discipline and seriously injured three civilians, according to military discipline, these people should have been executed!" ”

Everyone in the audience was in an uproar, not only those people were shocked, but even the officers at all levels who were forced to watch by Yang Wu were also shocked.

I saw Cui Su say again, "However, for the sake of their past merits, the eldest son forgave their capital crimes and changed them to a hundred military sticks!" ”

The crowd was quieter at this time, and although a hundred military sticks were also terrifying, it was better than killing them directly.

"Bring the murderer who committed last night's crime with you!"

After a while, Gu Chengen and others were escorted to the stage.

Cui Su turned to look at Yang Wu, and saw that he nodded slightly, so he announced loudly, "The execution will start now!" ”

The men of the gendarmerie that had just been established last night went up and pressed Gu Chengen and others to the ground, picked up the thick military sticks and beat them down.

Of course, Yang Wu naturally would not be ruthless to Gu Chengen and the three of them, and after he went to see the three of them last night, he secretly ordered the execution of the gendarmes when he came back, so that they could beat Gu Chengen and the three of them lightly. Although discipline needs to be strict, he is reluctant to directly kill the three of them.

As for the other dozen or so soldiers, they didn't have this treatment, and even Yang Wu hinted that the executioners should be beaten heavier, and it was better to kill a few to serve as a warning to everyone.

"One, two, three......"

The crowd in the audience counted them up as the military sticks in the hands of the gendarmes rose and fell. And the three of Gu Chengen, who were tortured, naturally felt that the military stick on their bodies was not as heavy as they imagined, and they were stunned for a moment, and suddenly thought of the reason, and couldn't help but be secretly grateful to Yang Wu, and gritted their teeth and insisted on not saying a word; But the dozen or so soldiers next to him were not so lucky, and they were beaten one by one crying dad and calling mother, and the miserable shouts made the people in the audience a little creepy.

Less than halfway through the execution, six of the dozen or so soldiers were beaten to the point that they lost their breath, and the rest were all out of the way, and the scene was a mess.

"Ninety-eight, ninety-nine, one hundred!"

With the shouts of the people, the hundred military sticks were finally beaten, and only two of the tortured soldiers were still alive, as for Gu Chengen and the three, although they were secretly taken care of by Yang Wu, the flesh and blood on the back of the hundred military sticks were blurred, and they almost couldn't hold on.

Now that the baton has been beaten, someone on the side quickly carried down a few people who were still alive to treat their injuries. As for the dead, naturally no one paid attention to it.

Yang Wu turned around and looked at the reactions of the many officers present, and saw that they were all solemn, so he breathed a sigh of relief, knowing that today's military stick was not in vain.

He stood up and announced loudly, "Today is for the sake of their past merits, only a hundred military sticks will be beaten, but next time if anyone dares to disturb the people, no matter who it is, they will be killed!" ”

The people below initially thought that Yang Wu was acting, but now that they really killed someone, they knew that Yang Wu was real. The officers who came to watch were naturally awe-struck, while the people immediately cheered.

Yang Wu pointed to Cui Su beside him again: "This is Cui Su Cui Inspector, the general has already appointed him as the captain of the gendarmerie, and he will lead the gendarmerie to be responsible for military discipline in the future." Anyone who violates military discipline has the right to deal with it first and then report to the general. ”

"Exit!"

Yang Wu took the lead in stepping down the wooden platform and returned to the county office with the guards. As soon as he entered, he hurried to visit Gu Chengen and the others.

Now is the time for grace, and if they have majesty but not kindness, they may be separated from themselves.

Next, Yang Wu naturally seized the opportunity to give more condolences to Gu Chengen and the others, and personally scrubbed their wounds and helped them with medicine. After some actions, the three of them were moved to tears.

******

In Hangzhou, after more than 20 days of repeated attacks, Xu Juan and Xu Zaisi finally realized that they could not take the inner city of Hangzhou.

This result made them feel very frustrated, the absence of Hangzhou meant that they had no foundation for their existence, even if they took refuge in Huainan or Xuanzhou Tianyan, they could only exist as dispensable guest troops.

However, this is already the case, and it is useless no matter how much they regret it.

"We all underestimated Qian Biao, that damn old guy didn't expect that he would be in his fifties and not change his temperament back then, and he would venture to climb the city wall and enter the inner city." In the tent, Xu Zaisi and Xu Juan sat side by side.

"Yes, if he hadn't arrived in time to boost morale, those people in the inner city would have been unable to hold on for a long time, and we would have been able to take the entire Hangzhou a long time ago, but now we can only suffer from the enemy on our backs."

"I heard that the Huainan army has sent troops to Suzhou, and the army led by Zhou Ben has surrounded Suzhou City; The partial division led by King Wu's eldest son, Yang Wu, has continuously sent people to capture Changshu, Kunshan and other county seats, and is now besieging several other counties. I wonder if Huainan will send further troops to Hangzhou? Xu Zaisi couldn't help asking.

"Probably not, right? Although it is said that with the strength of Huainan, it is not difficult to dispatch tens of thousands of troops, but after all, Suzhou has not yet been captured, and even if Huainan sends reinforcements, it will only go to reinforce Suzhou. What's more, even if Hangzhou is captured, the last one who gets the cheap will only be Tian Yan. Therefore, the general felt that it was impossible for Huainan to send troops to Hangzhou, but Tian Yan was afraid that he would not be able to sit still now. ”

"Then should we ask Tian Yan for help according to the plan?" These days of siege, the people of Wuyongdu have long lost their original sharpness, so they have long had the idea of taking refuge in Tian Yan, but the selfishness of Xu Juan and the others made them feel a little unwilling.

"That's all there is to it! I hope that after the deed, Tian Yu will not be ungrateful! ”

Xuanzhou.

"Great joy, Jie Shuai!" Early in the morning, Du Xunhe broke into the Xuanzhou Thorn History Mansion to meet Tian Yan.

Although Du Xunhe is a literati, and his literary skills are very good, and he writes good poems, this person is too enthusiastic about his career, and he usually tries to drill into the camp, and the other staff members under Tian Yan secretly despise him.

Xuanzhou Governor Shi Luo Zhixiang couldn't help but be a little unhappy and said, "What's the happy event early in the morning?" ”

Only then did Du Xunhe find out that not only Tian Yan and Shen Wenchang and other staff members were there, but also officials of Xuanzhou were also here.

"The news I received today, Xu Juan and the others finally relented and were willing to serve the marshal and asked the marshal to send troops to Hangzhou."

"Is that true?" Tian Yan was really overjoyed. These days, he has been sending people to contact Xu Qian and the others, but the two have never let go, they must form an alliance with Tian Yan in the form of allies, and now they have finally relieved their mouths and agreed to serve him.

This one is an equal relationship, but the other is a relationship between superiors and subordinates, and the gap between them is naturally very large, Xu Juan and the others hesitated for a long time before agreeing. However, it is not too late now, although the Huainan Army has sent troops to Suzhou, it is still a long time before Suzhou is captured, and he still has time to capture Hangzhou first.

After confirming the reliability of the news, Tian Yan did not hesitate and ordered: "Come, send a messenger to meet Qian Biao, and ask him to quickly retire to Yuezhou, so as not to fight between the two armies and lose the lives of the soldiers in vain!" ”

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