Tang Huaibi was really kidnapped, and he was scolding Ashina Zhongjie all the way. Words such as "treachery, rebellion, turning the face and denying people, and being a villain" are all used. Ashina Zhongjie ignored his scolding, and never returned the sentence except for the sentence "The last general will act under orders".

The governor and Changshi had a quarrel, just like two tigers fighting, and Ashina Zhongjie, who was a subordinate, didn't dare to help casually or fall into the well. But anyone with a discerning eye could see that he was still vaguely biased towards Xue Shao, otherwise Tang Huaibi would not have been so angry.

It was late at night, and Tang Huaibi was dragged out of the beautiful concubine's bed and tied to the barracks. He scolded all the way, and when he got to the barracks, he was suddenly silenced.

Because Xue Shao set up a large array of swords and soldiers for military court trials, there were many torches, and the red-clothed executioners were around. This kind of formation is obviously not like an ordinary interrogation, Tang Huaibi vaguely felt that the situation seemed to be a little bad, and the fire of Xue Shao, who was the new official, seemed to have burned on the head of him, the adjutant chief Shi!

Tang Huaibi is also a person who has seen the world, and with a dip in his mind, he probably has an idea.

Hearing that Tang Huaibi had already brought it, Xue Shao called left and right to bring people up.

At the beginning of the four eyes, Xue Shao's expression was indifferent and his eyes showed a cold light, and Tang Huaibi's heart suddenly shuddered - no, this kid really killed me!

"Ashina Zhongjie, Ben Shuai asked you to invite Tang Changshi here, but he didn't ask you to tie up, why is this?" Xue Shao said.

"The subordinates misunderstand, and the subordinates know that they are wrong!" Ashina Zhongjie hurriedly said, "My subordinates are untied for Changshi!" ”

Tang Huaibi remained silent and did not say a word, and stood quietly and let Ashina Zhongjie untie him. Ashina Zhongjie frequently confessed his sin, and then stepped aside to stand still.

"Tang Changshi, do you have something to say to Ben Shuai?" Xue Shao said calmly.

"Subordinates greet Young Marshal Xue!" Tang Huaibi bowed down one by one, "It's just that my subordinates are too busy with official affairs to welcome him, and I ask the young marshal to forgive me!" ”

"It doesn't matter." Xue Shao said lightly, "Ben Shuai invited you here, not to listen to your compliments. ”

"What does the young marshal want to hear?" Tang Huaibi braked quietly and asked rhetorically.

Xue Shao smiled indifferently and said: "Ben Shuai investigated and learned that the Turkic prisoners were deep into the hinterland of Guanlong that day, and the army was passing by Shuofang. Why did you order that you should not go to war? ”

"Back to the young marshal, although the lower officials also want to fight bravely to kill the enemy and make meritorious contributions to the country, but they can't defend it, and they have to do it as a last resort!" Tang Huaibi obviously came prepared, and replied, "At that time, the Turkic soldiers came suddenly and the formation was huge, and the Shuofang army was only 3,000 defenders, and if they rashly attacked, they would be outnumbered, and it was very likely to fall into the encirclement and annihilation of the Turkic rebels." If this is the case, Xiazhou may fall. When the governor of the royal capital was leaving, he entrusted the subordinate officials with the important task of guarding the city, and the duty of the subordinate officials was to avoid repeating the mistakes of the governor of Fengzhou, Cui Zhibi, out of prudence, so that the soldiers and horses of Shuofang were not allowed to fight! ”

As soon as everyone heard this, Tang Huaibi, who could speak well, really answered well, and moved Wang Fangyi out to excuse his behavior.

Xue Shao smiled coldly, "When the Turkic rebels ransacked the Longyou Horse Supervisor and returned the original way, you still didn't send troops to intercept it, is this also the case?" ”

"This ......" Tang Huaibi thought about it for fear that there would be a trap in Xue Shao's question, so he didn't answer it for a long time.

"Answer me!" Xue Shao suddenly shouted!

Tang Huaibi was suddenly stunned, "Yes...... That's right! Subordinates, you must be cautious! ”

"Ridiculous!!"

Xue Shao suddenly stood up and drank thunder, like thunder on the ground.

Everyone was taken aback, and Tang Huaibi's face turned pale all of a sudden, "This...... What did this subordinate do wrong? ”

Xue Shao shouted with an angry face: "The Turkic soldiers ransacked many prefectures and counties and towns under the rule of the three states, and also captured the Longyou horse herding supervisor. On the return journey, the Turkic rebels escorted thousands of Tang people they had captured, as well as 180,000 war horses. No matter how large their numbers and combat effectiveness are, the team is bound to become chaotic and lengthy, and it is a good time to flank them! ”

"This ...... After all, this subordinate is just a civil servant, how can he have an incomparably accurate grasp of fighters like Xue Shaoshuai? Tang Huaibi hurriedly defended, and made a heart attack, "Hey, it's true!" Subordinates are ignorant! The subordinates really miscalculated! ”

Cunning!

Xue Shao immediately thought of this word in his heart to describe it, and he was clearly avoiding the important and trivial. Because, cowardice and failure to fight is definitely a capital crime, but unfortunately missing the fighter plane is an ordinary work mistake, and it is not a big crime at all. "Well, even if you don't realize it, the situation at that time is a valuable fighter." Xue Shao said, "But you watched the Turks take away our people, goods, cattle and sheep, but you were indifferent - are you guilty? ”

"The young marshal is wronged, what is the crime of the lower officials?!" Tang Huaibi looked surprised, and hurriedly argued, "The lower official was ordered to stay in Xiazhou, and this is the case. Seeing that the Turkic rebels were in front of him, Xia Guan also wanted to personally lead his soldiers and horses out of the city to fight to the death, but it was difficult for Qiao Woman to cook without rice, and Xia Guan only had a total of 3,000 soldiers under his command! ――If the battle is not effective, who will guard Xiazhou? At that time, not only will they not be able to save the captured people, but they will even lose Xiazhou - who will bear this responsibility? ”

"Shut up!"

Xue Shao shouted angrily -

"As a military commander, you can't shrink out before fighting, and you still argue cause and effect in front of military law with vigor and eloquence, where is the shame?!"

"As a feudal official, protecting the territory and the people is the first priority. But you are indifferent to watching thousands of people being taken captive by the Turks and reduced to foreign slaves, where is the shame?! ”

"When the national disaster is at the head, the people are hanging upside down, you only care about your own gains and losses, and you neglect your duties and do nothing for fear of making mistakes, where is the shame?!"

"Tang Huaibi, do you still have the law of grace and the country in your heart, and do you still have a moral conscience?!"

This angry scolding made Tang Huai's face colorless, and the soldiers nearby were all filled with righteous indignation. The guards in front of the tent who held the halberd slammed the halberd on the ground neatly, and shouted in unison.

"Say!!"

Tang Huaibi trembled violently and almost stood unsteadily, and said tremblingly: "Xue, Young Marshal Xue, what you said is a bit heavy!" The subordinate admitted that the subordinate had made some minor mistakes in the military. But、But no matter what, the subordinates finally ensure that Xiazhou is safe, aren't the people in this city all good? The subordinates have already explained, in order to avoid Xia Zhou from following in the footsteps of Fengzhou, out of caution they did not attack. The subordinates do not seek merit, but seek no fault. Is it really necessary for his subordinates to lead these 3,000 dead soldiers out of the city to fight to the death with the Turks, and after the whole army was wiped out, and the Xiazhou also fell, can it be regarded as dutiful? ”

"You vulgar official, you dare to quibble!" Xue Shao shouted, "If you first cowardly the enemy without fighting, and let the Turkic rebels kill the hinterland of Guanlong from under your nose and wantonly burn and loot, you are already guilty of not punishable!" -- You should really go to the three prefectures of Jing, Yuan, and Qingzhou in the rear of Xiazhou to see what kind of destruction they have been made by the Turkic soldiers! Dare to love those people who don't have your relatives among them, so you won't be in a hurry? If those cattle and sheep goods are not your private property, you won't be heartbroken? ”

"Even if you don't have enough troops, as long as you resist and block, the Turks will not fly over so easily. If there is a war ahead, the states and counties behind will be warned, and they will not be unsuspecting and bloodbathed by the Turks! - But what else did you do besides being a shrunken turtle?! ”

"This! ......" Tang Huaibi was stunned, cold sweat flowed, and he stammered speechlessly.

"When the Turkic rebels return, if you still have a trace of conscience and blood, you will not watch the Turks carry thousands of Tang people, cattle and sheep and goods, and leave!" Xue Shao shouted like a cannon, "The situation at that time, even if you only saved a civilian, even if you only snatched back a war horse, at least you can let the people know that Datang did not give up on them!" ”

"The army was born to protect the territory and the people!"

"But you can't shrink, shrink, shrink! - What else did you do? ”

The more Xue Shao spoke, the angrier he became, and a few big strides came to Tang Huaibi's side, grabbed his shirt and roared angrily-

"Say—why don't you resist?"

The roar of the soldiers of the battalion with the same hatred of the enemy-

"Why not resist?"

"Why not resist!"

"Why not resist !!"

Tang Huaibi was almost stupid, staring at Xue Shao with round eyes and a pale face, and muttered in a low voice: "Young Marshal Xue, don't be like this!" …… We, we're our own people! ”

"Smack!"

Xue Shao slapped him in the face with a big ear scraper, and beat Tang Huaibi on the spot to the point that his nose was bleeding and his eyes were full of stars.

"Bastard thing, you don't want to repent when you die!" Xue Shaocai didn't bother to talk nonsense with him, and threw him to the ground after slapping his ear scraper, "Where is the knife and axe hand?" ”

"No-" Six red-clothed executioners who were enforcing military law stepped out in unison.

"Xue Shao, you, you actually want to kill me?" Tang Huaibi was shocked and angry, and he called Xue Shao's name, curled up on the ground and shouted, "Don't forget, it was Pei Xianggong who personally promoted me as the governor of Xia, and you must understand the Taoist ideals in this!" ”

"I don't understand." Xue Shao sneered.

"I'm the Queen Mother!" Tang Huaibi dog jumped off the wall in a hurry, "The Queen Mother and Pei Xianggong worked together to protect me as the governor of Xia, with far-reaching intentions!" If you kill me, it will be a big deal for the Queen Mother and Pei Xianggong! ”

Xue Shao hated it so much that his teeth itched, and he scolded angrily in his heart, "Okay, you self-righteous Tang Huaibi, if you don't talk nonsense, I may also slash you with a knife!" - But you actually dare to move out the Queen Mother and Pei Yan in front of the officers and soldiers of the three armies to suppress me, if I don't dismantle you in eight pieces, I can't command the three armies!

"Executioner, stand down!" Xue Shao suddenly raised his hand, "Where is the military stick?" ”

"In!!" Four warriors stood up with military sticks in their hands!

Tang Huaibi was completely dumbfounded, although he didn't know much about military affairs, he was always very familiar with the military stick, and he had used this "big killer" many times in the past to clean up disobedient soldiers. If you exert enough strength to beat this big and sturdy stick to a person's body, it will be called a skin with flesh and bones shattered, and it will be a hundred times more tragic than the death penalty of the behead!

"Xue, Xue...... Young Marshal Xue! Tang Huaibi didn't dare to call Xue Shao's name anymore, turned over and knelt down and kowtowed desperately, and said repeatedly, "The lower official knows that he is wrong!" Please, open up the net and give me a chance to make meritorious contributions, right? …… No matter how bad the official is, he is also a four-grade long history, the law has words and punishments that are not up to the doctor, and the nobles above the facial features can be commuted by virtue of their official positions! The subordinate officials do not seek complete exoneration, but they ask for ...... Please, don't be punished! ”

"It's late!"

Xue Shao shouted, "If you obediently admit your mistakes from the beginning, be willing to confess your sins and repent, this handsome person will miss you as a member of the four grades, maybe you can be lightly dismissed." But you are a thief and do everything you can to prevaricate, and even move out of the Queen Mother and Pei Xianggong to defend your guilt, in a vain attempt to bully the commander with power and desecrate the military law, it is really impossible to redeem a hundred deaths! ”