It came suddenly, the subordinates were dissatisfied, and the people suffered some losses

Zhou Shixiang is not a fool, Song Yi said it euphemistically, but he couldn't hear what the other party said, he was clearly saying that someone in the Taiping Army was taking advantage of the chaos in the town to rob.

What bastard can't control his subordinates and dares to blatantly rob the town!

Zhou Shixiang's heart was furious, before Luo Ding's departure, when he convened the general flag and small banner military meeting, he particularly emphasized the military discipline of the south, and strictly prohibited the various departments from robbing the people without permission, but now someone openly violated the order to take advantage of the chaos to rob, and asked people to sue him, which made Zhou Shixiang very angry.

Dare to disobey the order to rob today, dare to disobey the order to escape tomorrow, the embankment of thousands of miles collapsed in the anthill, if it is not strangled at the beginning of the sprout, the time is long, the military discipline is bad, the military spirit is even worse, and the Taiping camp will die if it does not die. In addition, if you have the courage to rob in private, you will have the courage to hide and not hand it over, and if everyone is like this, the public treasury system will exist in name only, which Zhou Shixiang will never tolerate. The public treasury system is the only means of cohesion in the Taiping camp at the moment, and if the public treasury does not exist, how can those promises be fulfilled. If the people can't get benefits, who is willing to work for you!

"This matter will definitely be investigated thoroughly, you don't have to worry, if this general's subordinates really harm the villagers, this will not be spared, and the people will be given justice."

In public and private, Zhou Shixiang will not spare those robbing soldiers, but he will not order people to investigate this matter in front of Song Yi and others, nor will he deal with this matter in front of these people, after all, this kind of matter related to military discipline is still handled well internally, and it is enough to give some compensation to the victimized people afterwards. He will not make a big deal about it, and use a few of his own soldiers' heads to show the new people the good military discipline of the Taiping Battalion, which certainly has the advantage of buying people's hearts, but it is not a good thing for the Taiping Battalion, which is still weak and has a complex composition of soldiers.

When people's hearts are scattered, it will be difficult to bring the team. Thousands of miles away from Xiangshan in the south, this is the first step to take the knife from your own family, serious military discipline is not such a serious law, if you really do this, who is willing to carry your head and go with you. Comparing hearts to hearts, the soldiers of the Taiping Battalion are not soldiers in the strict sense, and even more than half of the officers are bandits and from the Green Battalion, robberies are commonplace for them, how can they be stopped by one or two military discussions and a few orders? Therefore, it is necessary to rectify military discipline, but it must not kill people and establish authority, and it is necessary to use some side means, otherwise, it will inevitably chill the soldiers

The robbery made Zhou Shixiang feel bad, and how to deal with it gave him a headache, so he had no intention of learning about the local situation from Song Yi and others, so he asked them to go down first, and when the matter was investigated, he would definitely give them an explanation. No, these people did not leave as they were told, but still stood there.

Seeing that a few people were reluctant to leave, Zhou Shixiang couldn't help but ask them: "What, do you have anything to do?" ”

After several people were silent for more than ten seconds, Song Yi still came out and said to Zhou Shixiang: "Don't hide it from the general, I still have some things I want to ask the general." ”

Zhou Shixiang asked, "What's the matter?" ”

Song Yi squeaked, and wanted to let Zhou Tai and them say, but Zhou Tai and they didn't dare to say it at all, so they had no choice but to sigh secretly and say stubbornly: "I want to ask the general, when will your army leave this town?" ”

"Huh?"

Want me to go? Zhou Shixiang frowned, his face sank again, and he said very unhappily: "Are you looking forward to Ben leaving this place as soon as possible?" ”

Although Zhou Shixiang is young, he has killed people, and he is arrogant when he is not angry, but he is angry. Song Yi looked at it and his heart tightened, although he had been a prefect, but that was twenty years ago, now the Ming and Qing dynasties are alternate, wars are frequent, all the swords and guns of martial artists are shaking, and there are murderers and killed people everywhere, what can he do, the old man of the former dynasty who returned to his hometown, and where is he not afraid?

Frightened, he hurriedly explained: "General Zhou, don't get me wrong, I'm not looking forward to the general's departure as soon as possible, I just want to know the itinerary of your army, and I can organize the villagers in this town to give some grain and grass to your army and talk about it." ”

"Yes, yes, that's exactly what it means, but it's not looking forward to General Zhou leaving."

Zhou Tai and the others were also busy echoing, but their faces were a little strange, and Li Laoquan was even more worried, which made Zhou Shixiang puzzled, pondered for a moment, and suddenly shouted: "What a gut, you are so bold, you dare to use the name of offering food to probe my military situation, you really deserve to be killed!" Come on, drag me out and cut it down! ”

After drinking this, Li Laoquan was so frightened that he knelt on the ground and kowtowed: "The general spares his life, the general spares his life!" The dozens of years old man kowtowed there, which made Zhou Shixiang feel uncomfortable, thinking that he was making a fuss and intimidating too much.

That Zhang An was also so frightened that he knelt down, and shouted for mercy, Lin Zhengguo was so frightened that his legs trembled, Zhou Tai and Song Yi were not so unbearable, although the two were afraid, they were not scared to kneel, but they only said again and again: "The general is angry, the general is angry, I don't dare to have this thought, I don't dare!" ”

"If not, why visit me!" Zhou Shixiang flicked his sleeves and was still angry.

"It's really because" Song Yi wanted to tell the truth, but he couldn't.

"What the reason is!" Zhou Shixiang was impatient and shouted again.

Song Yi didn't know how to speak, Zhou Tai was in a hurry, and shouted loudly: "If your army leaves the town as soon as possible, we can clean up the situation, lest we" Speaking of this, he was silent and looked at Zhou Shixiang with some fear.

Seeing that this person didn't say everything, Zhou Shixiang was anxious, and couldn't help but shout angrily: "So as not what? Say it! ”

This time, his eyes widened, and he was so frightened that Zhou Tai kept wiping his forehead with his sleeve, and he couldn't say all the words, so he stammered: "The old man wants to say that he wants to say it."

Zhou Shixiang shouted again: "Say it quickly!" ”

"Decayed and decayed"

Zhou Tai was two old people in a row, but he couldn't say it, and when he was in a hurry, Li Laoquan suddenly gritted his teeth and raised his head to stare at Zhou Shixiang, and said in a trembling voice: "Little Lao'er dares to ask General Zhou if he is stationed in this town for a long time?" ”

This question made Zhou Shixiang stunned for a moment, and he was puzzled: "What does this matter have to do with what you and others said?" ”

Li Laoquan turned his heart and said bluntly: "If General Zhou can't stay in this town for a long time, Xiao Lao'er also asks the general to lead his troops to leave as soon as possible, so as not to harm my emerging people!" ”

After Li Laoquan said it, Song Yi, Zhou Tai and others didn't know how Zhou Shixiang reacted, and they all looked at him in a daze.

Li Laoquan's words made Zhou Shixiang silent, and said in a half-loud voice: "General Ben will not stay here for a long time, but you can rest assured, even if General Ben leaves here, you will not be harmed by the Qing army." ”

"How can the general guarantee that the Qing army will not cause trouble to this town?"

Li Laoquan didn't believe what Zhou Shixiang said at all, because he had heard the same thing once a few months ago, but on the fourth day after the Ming army general said this, more than 2,000 men in the town called the green camp to kill them.

Li Laoquan didn't believe it, Song Yi they didn't believe it, they didn't ask Zhou Shixiang to really stay in this town for a long time, because in their opinion, Nanming was already in the waning West Mountain for a long time, and the Qing Dynasty was sitting down in the world, and the young general surnamed Zhou was really stationed in Xinxing and couldn't beat the Qing army in Zhaoqing, and in the end the town would still be plagued by the Qing army. Only if the Ming army leaves quickly, can they try to solve this matter, and the big deal is that each family will go to the mansion to deal with it. It doesn't matter if the wealth is gone, but if the people are gone, there is nothing.

I didn't want Zhou Shixiang to reassure them with confidence, he said: "You can rest assured, the general said that if the Qing army can't harm you, you won't be harmed." ”

"What guarantees does the general have?"

Li Laoquan's face was full of despair when he said this, and he believed that this young General Zhou was talking big to deceive them.

I don't want Zhou Shixiang to say with certainty: "Ben will have his own guaranteed method." ”

"What's the method?" Almost at the same time, Song Yi, Zhou Tai and others asked in unison.

Zhou Shixiang glanced at them and said very normally: "This method is to take you all away, so that you will naturally not be harmed by the Qing army." ”

"What?!"

Everyone was shocked, "Take us all away?" ”