Chapter 22 Strict Military Discipline

A few days ago, the military rations were stolen by the officers and soldiers in charge of guarding, and they could have been carried out according to the law, but the chief who took the lead in this matter was the playmate of Zhang Tanghuai, the general manager of Qian, who grew up together. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

At noon, the Fengyang New Army, which had just finished its exercise, lined up in a neat line on the school ground, and although the new army composed of militia regiments, battalion soldiers, and guard soldiers did not have much training time, its morale was high because of the complete food and salary, and the veterans were all serving as grassroots officers, and its combat effectiveness was not bad.

Soon Zhang Tanghuai, who was dressed in military uniform, came to the high platform of the school field, and several officers and soldiers who participated in the self-theft were also escorted to the scene by five flowers.

Being watched by thousands of people, the soldiers who were scared of the crime trembled all over their bodies, and their faces were colorless, and they immediately kowtowed to Zhang Tanghuai, the leader of the company, Wang Xun, who was the leader this time, felt ashamed, and did not dare to look at Zhang Tanghuai, looking at the ground with his head slightly lowered, his eyes were full of uneasiness.

Zhang Tanghuai's expression was calm, and he looked around at the many soldiers in the audience and said loudly: "The day before yesterday, Wang Xun, the chief of the army, teamed up with the soldiers to steal and sell privately!" Then he looked to the side and the executioner said solemnly, "What is the crime according to the law?"

The deacons were stunned, and they didn't expect that Zhang Tanghuai, the head of Qian, would ask such a question.

He died because he couldn't figure out what Mr. Qian meant, and he couldn't decide whether to follow the law or help him personally, and in his eagerness, cold sweat slid down his cheeks, but he was forced too tight by Zhang Tanghuai's eyes, so he could only say Tai Chi and said: "Xiaguan is stupid, I still need to check it!" The official clenched his fists and spoke, while carefully observing Zhang Tanghuai's expression, as long as there was a slight mistake, he would immediately change his words.

"Stealing military rations and selling them should be beheaded according to the law!"

Han Yu, who was standing not far behind Zhang Tanghuai, suddenly stepped forward and said in a deep voice, although he didn't want to be in the limelight, someone had to do this kind of thing.

Zhang Tanghuai's eyes flashed away, and his words were sonorous: "Come on, behead Wang Xun and the others immediately according to the law!" ”

"My lord, never!"

Several Zhang Tanghuai guards immediately rushed to dissuade them, Wang Xun was like brothers and sisters with them, so naturally he couldn't look at his good brother's head in a different place.

"Get out of the way, whoever dares to stop will be punished for the same crime!"

Zhang Tang drew his knife and glared angrily, and he didn't save face at all for these brothers who grew up together.

"Get out of the way, it's not inappropriate for Brother Zhang to cut me, you will still be a brother when you retreat quickly!"

Wang Xiangxun, who was tied up by five flowers, raised his head and looked at the brothers who pleaded for him with a smile, and it was the first time so far that he met Zhang Tanghuai's eyes.

"Execution!" With Zhang Tanghuai's order, Wang Xun and a group of soldiers who committed the crime were pushed to the guillotine.

The burly knife and axe hand standing on the side looked embarrassed for a while, if he beheaded other people, it would be fine, but this Wang Xun and Mr. Qian's relationship is like brotherhood, and Zhang Tanghuai is the most righteous, if he is beheaded, it is difficult to guarantee that it will not cause murder in the future, and the knife and axe hand who beheaded Wang Xun did not move, and the other knife and axe hands did not dare to move, and they all looked at Zhang Tanghuai who was beheaded in the distance.

Han Yu, who had a solemn expression, stepped forward, stared at the sword and axe hand and said coldly: "If you don't do it yet, do you plan to disobey the military order?" ”

These words suddenly made the sword and axe's heart tighten, and he hurriedly hugged his fist apologetically to the young Han Yu in front of him.

"Wait!"

Just when the knife and axe man was about to raise his knife and prepare to cut off Wang Xun's head, Zhang Tanghuai, who was standing in the distance, suddenly raised his hand to stop it.

"Mr. Zhang Qian, what do you want?" Han Yu stared at Zhang Tanghuai and said in a deep voice.

If Wang Xun is released at this time, then the rest of the soldiers who committed the crime cannot be killed, otherwise the injustice will lead to mutiny, even so, once Zhang Tanghuai's favoritism is done, then a general who can't do clear rewards and punishments will never be able to control this new army for a long time, not only that, these soldiers will follow the same example, and they will be out of control when the time comes, what Zhang Tanghuai plans to do, now even Han Yu has no bottom in his heart.

Zhang Tanghuai suddenly took out a wine jar from the secret pavilion under the stage on the side and strode to Wang Xun's side, opened the altar plug and let Wang Xun, who raised his head slightly, drink freely.

"Happy!" Wang Xun drank continuously, spicy and stimulated his stomach, shook the wine stuck to his sideburns, and said with a gloomy expression, "I, Wang Xun, know that military law is ruthless, and I will never be a bad seed, but I'm sorry for Brother Zhang, but I'm just bothering Brother Zhang, don't tell my mother why I was beheaded!" ”

"From today on, your old mother is my mother, and I will support you for the elderly... And you... Wang Xun was killed in battle while defending the city! ”

Zhang Tanghuai deliberately controlled his emotions, but the trembling arm betrayed his state of mind at this time.

"Big brother take care, little brother is going first!"

Wang Xun's face turned crimson for a while because he drank the wine, and he looked at Zhang Tanghuai and smiled heartily, and he no longer had the previous uneasiness.

Zhang Tanghuai stood aside with the wine jar, silently watching the knife and axe hand raise the big knife, as the blood splashed, Wang Xun's head fell to the ground, Wang Xun was dead, and the rest of the knife and axe hands continued to raise their knives, and continuously cut off the heads of the rest of the soldiers who cried and begged for mercy, and for a while blood overflowed, and the rich and indelible smell of blood spread around.

Zhang Tanghuai came to the stage with the wine jar and gently pushed away Han Yu, who was about to step forward to support.

Standing proudly on the stage, under the gaze of thousands of people, he raised the wine jar and drank endlessly.

In less than a moment, the wine jar was empty, and the shaky Zhang Tanghuai threw the wine jar to the ground, and the smashed ceramics flew down in all directions.

Zhang Tanghuai looked at the official to the side and said: "The soldiers are traitors and criminals, what should be the crime of the commander's lax supervision?" ”

"Back to my lord, ten blows to my spine!" The executioner looked at Zhang Tanghuai's red eyes and didn't dare to hesitate, and immediately replied loudly.

"What is the crime of drinking alcohol in the army!"

"Twenty spine!"

"Someone, thirty spine, execute immediately!" Zhang Tanghuai took off his shirt and waited with his back against the execution platform.

"No!" Han Yu was also shocked, and immediately spoke out to stop it.

I didn't expect Zhang Tanghuai to do this, it was enough to kill a few people to deter the whole army, why bother to suffer these thirty battles in vain.

And judging from Zhang Tanghuai's appearance, it is obvious that this cane spine is by no means pretentious, and there are not a few people who have been beaten to death in thirty spines.

"Brother Han, you can't talk nonsense if you are a battalion soldier, and you won't retreat!"

Han Yu was stunned for a moment, and for a while he had mixed feelings in his heart, and said frankly that it was the first time he saw Zhang Tanghuai angry, but he was competing with himself.

The surrounding criminal soldiers did not dare to hesitate, and hurriedly stepped forward to execute, and within a few strokes, Zhang Tanghuai's back was already bruised.

It's just that Zhang Tanghuai was not satisfied, stared at the executed soldier with cold eyes and said in a deep voice: "If you dare to play child's play again, you will be punished according to the crime, and the front will not be repeated!" ”

The two executed soldiers were in a cold sweat for a while, and they could only follow the order, and in less than ten blows, Zhang Tanghuai's back was already a blur of flesh and blood.

If it is seen by outsiders, Zhang Tanghuai's performance can completely deter the whole army.

Han Yu can be completely sure that from now on, no one in the new army will dare to bend the law, and the cohesion of the entire new army will also be greatly improved, people will not suffer from poverty but unevenness, as long as the soldiers share weal and woe, rewards and punishments are clear, they can naturally let the soldiers die for it, but Zhang Tanghuai is Han Yu's eldest brother, seeing his own people suffering like this, Han Yu's heart is full of feelings, but Han Yu will never come forward to stop it, otherwise all efforts will be in vain.

The internal problems of the army have been solved, and only when the military power is truly in their own hands can they begin to solve the problem of food shortage in Fengyang City.

It's just that what made Han Yu helpless was that Zhang Tanghuai, who was thirty years old, fainted immediately.

The affairs of the army were all taken over by Zhen Hongxing, the general manager of Qian, but even Han Yu, who did not understand military affairs, could feel that after this incident, the momentum of the new army in front of him was lifted.

Just when everyone dispersed, Mr. Qian's Zhen Xing came over unexpectedly.

Seeing that there was no one around, Zhen Xing whispered to Han Yu: "Before Mr. Zhang Qian fell into a coma, he asked Brother Han to temporarily lead the army, and I don't know how to solve the food shortage next?" ”

Han Yu smiled bitterly and shook his head, this eldest brother Zhang is really good at being the shopkeeper, and now he has handed over the big stall matter directly to him, and the reason why Zhen Xing is so secretive must be Zhang Tanghuai's instructions, let Han Yu be in the dark, Zhen Xing in the light, and Han Yu has no official position, so it is understandable to make such a decision.

"Zhen Qian is always polite, if he is sent, he will not dare to refuse." Han Yu naturally didn't hold it up, and hurriedly said respectfully to Zhen Xing.

Zhen Xing's respect for Han Yu was very useful, and he didn't dare to say with a smile, saying that if they cooperated with each other, they would definitely be able to find out who was behind the price hike.

In fact, when Zhen Xing hoped that Zhen Xing and Han Yu would cooperate, he was not very reluctant, and the only thing Zhen Xing admired was Zhang Tanghuai.

In Zhen Xing's opinion, Han Yu is just a hairy boy.

Seeing that Han Yu is very aware of current affairs, for the sake of Zhang Tanghuai's face, he is also polite to Han Yu, but on key issues, he naturally will not take Han Yu's thoughts in his eyes, but Zhen Xing doesn't know that whether it was to resist the siege army at the beginning, or later to capture the prefect and defeat hundreds of guards, it was actually Han Yu's idea.