The next day, after the battalions of the garrison had finished their morning drills and had breakfast, the battalions, under the leadership of the chief officer and lieutenant, rushed to the open space outside the west city to assemble, and stood by at the position specified by the officials and lieutenants of the garrison.

The people who rushed here all wanted to see how the garrison would deal with the seven garrison soldiers, these seven soldiers did something harmful to the people in the process of chasing the cavalry Shi rout, which has caused an uproar in the local area, originally this kind of thing has not happened before, but after it happened, it was suppressed by the officials and the high-level generals of the garrison, and finally the big thing turned into a small thing, and the small thing turned into nothing, but Zhao Ziliang not only did not suppress and cover the lid in this matter, but also ordered the garrison to open the barracks and assemble outside the West City Gate, said that he would announce the handling of this matter in public, which made all levels of the local society talk about it, and in a short period of time, it spread all over the towns and villages around the city, so the number of people of all ethnic groups who rushed here at the approaching time was nearly 10,000, and the number was still increasing.

Today is a rare sunny day, although the smell is still very low, but the sun still feels warm when it comes out to shine on people, and the people do not feel cold because of the large number of people now.

Just as he was approaching, the noise caused by tens of thousands of people outside the West City Gate was heard by a loud roar, "The general is here—everyone is quiet!" ”

After this loud roar stopped, there was another gong, and I saw that the people on the periphery of the east retreated one after another, and soon made way of a passage, a team of brightly armored and majestic Tang cavalry divided into two columns of horses and walked slowly, followed by two columns of honor guards holding "avoidance" and "quiet" signs, Zhao Ziliang rode a Wuli horse, wore a red tasseled helmet, and wore a lion's head shoulder guard black Mingguang armor, which made him look a little old at a young age.

"Hello General Zhao!"

"General Zhao is mighty!"

Since Zhao Ziliang took office as the envoy of the city guard, the military discipline of the garrison has undergone earth-shaking changes, which has made the people of the city have never been harassed and harmed by the garrison soldiers, so many people have a good impression of Zhao Ziliang, and he was welcomed by many people as soon as he appeared on a BMW.

Zhao Ziliang was very excited to see that people kept greeting him along the way, you must know that the eyes of the ordinary people are bright, but they are also very calculating, and the people only care about who is good to them, and they love whoever they love. Now that these people are friendly to him, and they show their approval and support for him in this way, what could be more rewarding?

Zhao Ziliang rode on a horse, raising his hand and waving to the people on both sides as he walked, but most of the people still wanted to see how Zhao Ziliang dealt with this matter with a lively mentality.

Zhao Ziliang's guard of honor is still very powerful, although he is just a guerrilla general, but he is the guard of a city, and he is also the highest military governor of Gumo Prefecture.

A platform had already been erected in the open space, and a shed was set up on the opposite side of the platform, and the officials and generals were all seated in the shed, and after Zhao Ziliang's honor guard arrived, all the officials and generals stood up.

"General!"

"General!" Officials and generals all saluted and greeted Zhao Ziliang.

Zhao Ziliang jumped off the horse, threw the reins to the servants behind him, walked up to the stage and nodded to the officials and generals, Pan Leng leng arched his hand in front of the officials and said: "General Zhao, the time is just right, please sit down!" ”

Zhao Ziliang walked to the main seat and sat down, and waved his hand: "Come on, bring up those seven bastards who bully the people!" ”

As soon as Wei Meng heard this, he suddenly felt bad in his heart, and he was about to step forward to speak, but he was stopped by Deputy Lieutenant Liang Qi.

Sure enough, the seven strong men were tied up and escorted to the front of the stage, and were pressed down by the soldiers behind them and knelt down to the people and soldiers.

Zhao Ziliang got up and said loudly to all the soldiers and people: "Soldiers, among you are Shule people, Qiuzi people, Chebi people, Hui people, Tubo people, naturalized Tuqi Shi people, and people from other tribes, but you are all soldiers of my Tang Dynasty now, you are the same as the Han soldiers, the Han soldiers have it, you also have, the Han soldiers eat meat and drink wine, and no one has ever let you eat bran vegetables, yes or no?" ”

All the soldiers replied: "Yes!" ”

Zhao Ziliang said again: "Since this is the case for you, then the Tang Dynasty is the same for your family and the people of the tribes under its rule, no one has forcibly separated you from the Han people, we are all the people of the Tang Dynasty, like a family!" What nationality are you, soldier? Who are the parents and what do they do for a living? ”

A Tang Army soldier who was pointed out by Zhao Ziliang hurriedly replied: "General Qiyu, the villain is from Qiuzi, and his parents are farmers, and he lives by farming for Master Hebishi!" ”

Zhao Ziliang pointed to another Tang soldier and asked, "Then which clan are you?" Who are the parents? What do you do for a living? ”

"The villain is a Shule person, his parents are herdsmen, and there are more than 100 cattle and sheep at home!"

"Then your family background should be good, why did you join the army?"

"Just because there are so many brothers and sisters in the family, even if there are so many cattle and sheep, they can't support all our brothers and sisters! That's why the little ones come to the army to support themselves."

Zhao Ziliang asked four or five soldiers in a row, and everyone's situation was similar, either farmers or herdsmen, or the concubines of small traders, some of them had land, which was considered self-farming, while some families did not have land, so they could only feed their families by farming for the landlord.

"Good!" Zhao Ziliang continued: "It seems that the parents of most of you are ordinary people, and the three families who were harmed by these seven bastards are also ordinary people, is there a difference between ordinary people and common people? You seven bastards, the three families you bully, are the same as bullying your own parents, brothers and sisters, if one day, your parents, brothers and sisters are also bullied by the same bastards as you, how do you feel? You answer me? ”

The seven soldiers who were tied up and kneeling on the stage bowed their heads in shame when they heard Zhao Ziliang's words, and all the soldiers in the audience were also quite shocked when they heard Zhao Ziliang's words.

"How are you like bandits doing such things? How ironic is it that our army had just won a great victory over the Turgish people yesterday, and that such a chilling thing had happened before it had been overnight? Afraid of the prestige of our army, the bitter lords who came to complain, as well as the governor's mansion and the city lord's mansion, dared not speak out, in order to calm the matter, the city lord's mansion has sent someone to send silver money to the bitter lords and sent them away! Although the bitter masters took the money and left, was he really at ease? Although they don't pursue it, can we stop pursuing it ourselves? Previously, the chief of the guard, Chu Ge, also advised General Ben that since the bitter master would not be held accountable, then even if this matter is a big matter and a small matter, General Ben will not have to be embarrassed, and the soldiers can also breathe a sigh of relief, but General Ben wants to ask, can you really pass the hurdle in your heart? ”

Some of the seven people kneeling on the stage couldn't help but cry, thinking that they regretted the wrong things they had done.

Zhao Ziliang said to all the soldiers: "Soldiers, we are soldiers, soldiers of the Tang Empire!" The Tang Empire is the most powerful and extensive dynasty in history, even if the Eastern Roman Empire and the Great Food Country, which are thousands of miles away in the west, have sent envoys to come to the Hajj, I am proud to live in such a great empire, and I vow to protect her with my life, so that she will always be prosperous and strong, this is my belief, I don't ask you to be the same as me, but you must at least be worthy of that military salary and the armor on your body! Since we are soldiers of the Tang Empire, we must not disgrace her! ”

Speaking of this, Zhao Ziliang looked at the seven kneeling soldiers and asked, "You seven, is there anything else to say?" ”

One of the seven chiefs cried bitterly: "General, the villain is guilty, and the crime deserves death!" The villain knows that he will die today, and asks the general to see that the villain still has some credit, and don't tell the parents at home the news that the villain died because of such ugly things, the villain doesn't want the parents at home to be ashamed of the villain! ”

The other six people also cried bitterly and begged: "Yes, the general, the villain and others know that they will die, and please ask the general to hide their parents for us for the sake of some merits!" ”

Zhao Ziliang was about to speak, when an official stood up and said loudly under Pan's cold signal: "General, as far as the villain knows, although the seven of them are guilty, they are not guilty to death, and before they set out on the expedition, the general did not make military regulations, and the general wants to kill them now, it seems that it is a little unreasonable, and please spare their lives for the sake of their merits!" ”

When many officials heard this, they also stood up and pleaded, "Yes, yes, general, for the sake of their merits, spare their lives?" ”

These people had ill intentions, Zhao Ziliang's face was cold, he secretly snorted coldly, and immediately said loudly: "You are right, before the expedition, General Ben did not set up military regulations, so they will make mistakes, this is the fault of General Ben!" As soldiers, they did things that endangered the people, and it was not a pity to die! Left and right to listen to the orders: first, the seven people were immediately beheaded, recorded in the list of fallen soldiers, and their families were given bereavement pensions; Second, the guerrilla general and the arrest of Zhao Ziliang was negligent for a while and did not set up military regulations before the expedition, causing these seven people to commit the crime of violating the people, and they were severely beaten with 60 military sticks to set an example, and they could be executed! ”

Everyone was stunned for a while, and then they were shocked, the captain Li Siye, Wei Meng, Huo Kan, Liang Qi, Lei Wu, Chen Biao, Li Wentong and others, as well as the governor of the garrison, Shi Cui Jianlin, the judge and others all got up and bowed down to ask Zhao Ziliang to take back his order, Cui Jianlin even said: "The general must not, since ancient times, how can there be a general who beats his own military stick?" It is their own business for the seven of them to make mistakes, and they have nothing to do with the general! ”

Zhao Ziliang's face was firm, and he waved his hand and said: "Cui Changshi, you and I both know that if it weren't for the fact that General Ben didn't set up military regulations before going on the expedition, how could this kind of thing happen?" Of course, they themselves are at fault, but General Ben cannot escape the blame, so there is no need to persuade them anymore. In the army, only by setting an example and letting the military regulations be imposed on the people who set the military regulations, can the three armed forces dare not disobey! Come on, execute! ”

"Boom・・・・・・" Pieces of knife light flashed, and seven human heads fell to the ground, blood staining the wooden guillotine and the snow under the stage.

And Zhao Ziliang stripped off his white underwear to his upper body, lying on a bench, two soldiers held wooden sticks with thick arms and beat his back to the flesh, blood flowed, a stick down, he gritted his teeth to prevent himself from making a sound, but the severe pain made him can't help but let out a muffled snort.