Chapter 39: Leave No One
"General, we know that we are wrong, and we will not dare anymore. We will definitely make meritorious deeds! The three soldiers felt that the atmosphere was particularly grim, and all the soldiers of the Fenwu Battalion were lined up in the wind under the guidance of Zhu Youzhen, and no one dared to talk nonsense, so they had to intercede for themselves.
"General, let them make meritorious contributions and die on the battlefield!" Qian Limin saw that the momentum was not right, Zhu Youzhen's expression and what he said to the deceased's mother made him feel cold in his heart.
"As an officer of the Fenwu Battalion, your subordinates are not strict, and your sins are unforgivable. Law enforcement soldiers, drag him down, and take twenty military sticks seriously. "Dare to intercede for them? Zhu Youzhen added fuel to the fire.
The gate of the camp is now very quiet, and even the people gathered together, including the parents of the deceased, have temporarily stopped crying, only to hear the sound of "pop, pop" hitting Qian Limin's buttocks.
Twenty military sticks, soon over, two soldiers dragged Qian Limin back to the queue.
Maybe the law enforcement soldiers were merciful, Qian Limin was barely able to stand up, and Qian Limin, who was physically and mentally hurt, silently glanced at the three soldiers kneeling on the ground, sighed softly, and didn't dare to intercede for them anymore.
"Drag these three beasts down and cut them off." Zhu Youzhen's words were loud, but tears and blood were dripping in his heart.
There is a difference between him and Zhuge Liang slashing Ma Jian with tears: first, Zhuge Liang's tears flowed on his face, which was for others to see, making others feel that he really couldn't bear to kill Ma Tan, and the reason why he had to kill Ma Jian was to maintain military discipline and maintain the military order signed between him and Ma Tan. And Zhu Youzhen's tears flowed in his heart, he couldn't let the soldiers see his unbearable, otherwise he himself might be shaken, once he wavered, let go of the three soldiers, not to mention how the parents of the deceased and the people in the city were sent away, and the soldiers would not have much reverence for military discipline in the future; Second, Zhuge Liang's tears are tears of remorse, regret that he didn't listen to the words of his ancestors, and regret that he doesn't know people. But he is the commander of the whole army, can not show in front of his subordinates, let alone in front of his subordinates to show their weaknesses, as the core figure of Shu Han military and politics, he has no shortcomings, since he is not wrong, then the responsibility for the failure of Shu Han's Northern Expedition, of course, is Ma Tan who lost in Jieting, so Ma Tan must die. The three soldiers of the Fenwu Battalion also have to die, but this has little direct relationship with Zhu Youzhen, the shortage of soldiers in the Fenwu Battalion is very serious, so Zhu Youzhen has no choice when training soldiers, no matter the quality of the soldiers, as long as they are from the Fenwu Battalion, he has to train, as for the unqualified soldiers in Zhu Youzhen's eyes, because of the Ming Dynasty's government soldier system, he has no way to remove them from the Fenwu Battalion. Zhu Youzhen killed the soldiers, mainly for the sake of prestige, but the soldiers of the Fenwu battalion were originally dissatisfied, and if they died, there would be one less. Therefore, the tears in Zhu Youzhen's heart are mostly unbearable tears.
The people of the Fenwu battalion, whether soldiers or officers, gasped, but no one dared to speak. Just now, Qian Limin pleaded for these three soldiers, but Zhu Youzhen not only did not agree, but also beat Qian Limin with 20 military sticks, besides, these three soldiers did violate military law and should be beheaded according to the law.
The parents of the deceased, who were still crying just now, were also stunned, and they didn't know what to say for a while. But the law enforcement officers did not hesitate, and they worked in pairs to drag the three soldiers aside. In a short time, the plate containing three bloody human heads was brought to the camp gate, where the soldiers could see it most easily.
It was Zhu Youzhen who broke the quiet time and space: "These three soldiers, although they are well-dressed beasts, are after all the people of my Fenwu Battalion, and my Fenwu Battalion is not strict in commanding the troops, and I can't help the people who usually support us." Now all the officers and men of the Fenwu Battalion kneel down to the deceased to apologize. After speaking, Zhu Youzhen took the lead, faced the deceased, and knelt down on one leg.
The officers and men of the Fenwu Battalion who were lining up hesitated for a moment, and then as if they had made an appointment, they only heard the sound of "poof", so some of the officers and men of the Fenwu Battalion, like Zhu Youzhen, faced the deceased and knelt down on one leg.
The parents of the deceased, on the contrary, were shocked, they had never heard of any Ming army that would kill soldiers in order to disturb the people, let alone kneel down to the people. Although the military law of the Ming Dynasty has clear provisions, no one will take the matter of disturbing the people seriously, otherwise there will not be many murders and meritorious deeds.
The father of the deceased was obviously an honest man, and when he saw all the soldiers of the Fenwu Battalion kneeling towards them, he was so shocked that he unknowingly knelt opposite the Fenwu Battalion......
Zhu Youzhen got up, supported him, and pulled him up: "Uncle, aunt, are you satisfied with the handling of this general?" ”
"We weren't trying to kill them." The eldest lady wiped away the tears on her face and trembled quietly, not knowing if she was frightened by Zhu Youzhen's big moves, but she was still moved.
"They violated military rules and will be killed. Uncle, aunt, people can't be resurrected after death, you mourn! Zhu Youzhen saw that the uncle and the aunt no longer had the grief and anger they had at the beginning, and they were able to avenge their daughter, which was an unexpected result for them. Since the person concerned has no opinion, others should not say anything gossip, he turned his face to the herald who followed him and said, "Take twenty taels of silver and pay for the funeral expenses of the uncle and aunt." ”
The eldest mother was too sad about the loss of her daughter, and refused to accept the silver, and the herald stuffed the silver into the uncle's hand, and the uncle refused, but he couldn't stand the herald's repeated gifts, and he couldn't shirk it, so he still took it.
It turned out that the anger of the people was coming, and the resentment in their hearts gradually dissipated with the morning dewdrops, and under their persuasion, the uncle and the aunt slowly left the barracks, leaving the place that made them both sad and shocked.
The soldiers of the Fenwu battalion did not move, without Zhu Youzhen's general order, no one got up, and continued to kneel in front of the barracks, not knowing whether to see off the uncle and aunt or to see off the dead soldiers.
"Brethren of the Fenwu Battalion, you are soldiers. If there is no rule, there will be no army, and the general will never be treated badly, but if he does not respect the general's order and violates the military regulations, the general will never be spared. Zhu Youzhen's expression was cold, and the cold on his face was even worse than the temperature of the harsh winter.
"The brothers of the Fenwu Battalion, the three soldiers who were beheaded just now, although they have done shameless things, they are compared to the people of my Fenwu Battalion. If they had stayed in Jingshi, this would not have happened. Brethren, why did we come to Shandong? Who made us have to come to Shandong? Zhu Youzhen quickly changed the topic, but the soldiers violated military discipline and were beheaded, and now the soldiers of the Fenwu Battalion are too depressed. It is necessary to rekindle the fighting passion of the soldiers.
"It's a wolf." Some of the soldiers whispered, looking very unwilling.
"Yes, it's a wolf. It was the Japanese who wantonly plundered Shandong, otherwise the Fenwu battalion would not have come to Shandong. These three brothers deserve it, and we can't seek revenge from the people, but if it weren't for the Japanese Kou, they wouldn't have come to Shandong, they wouldn't have died, and our Fenwu camp wouldn't have been disgraced by them. Brothers, if you want to avenge these brothers, if you want to wash away the shame of the Fenwu camp, kill more of the Japanese and completely annihilate them. Zhu Youzhen began to incite the soldiers again, and he wanted to transfer the soldiers' depression and resentment to the hatred of the Japanese invaders, and the more depressed the soldiers, the deeper the hatred for the Japanese invaders, and the more effective they were in the war against the Japanese invaders.
"Annihilate the Wokos." The soldiers, who had been suppressed all morning, finally found a breakthrough for catharsis.
"The Japanese are ahead, brothers of the Fenwu Battalion, now we will go on the road and strive to annihilate the Japanese as soon as possible, and return the world to a bright and bright world."
In the morale of Ruhong, the road from Jinan to Linzi took the whole army only half a day.
When Zhu Youzhen arrived in Linzi, Zhang Lu, the first squad of the special combat team, happened to return to Linzi City.
"His Royal Highness the King of Letters." When there are no outsiders, Zhang Lu will call His Royal Highness Zhu Youzhen, but now that the military situation is urgent, he can't think about it, "Qingzhou City has been broken by the Japanese invaders, and the soldiers defending the city fled without a fight." According to the accounts of a small number of people who escaped, the city of Qingzhou was littered with corpses, and countless women were raped. When we arrived in Qingzhou, we pretended to be fleeing people and observed from afar that there were still sporadic fires and smoke in the city, and it was obvious that the Japanese had burned down many houses in the city. Captain Wang was monitoring the movements of the Japanese in front. Zhang Lu gave a brief introduction to the situation of the Japanese Invaders, although the narrative was an objective fact, but his tone was low, and there was some worry in his eyes, I don't know whether he was worried about the strength and cruelty of the Japanese Invaders, or worried about the helplessness of the people.
"Niang Xipi, these widows, exterminate humanity, and leave no one behind." Zhu Youzhen originally had an unforgettable hatred for the Japanese Invaders, and this hatred would not be weakened in any way with his crossing, but now in the face of the loss of conscience of the Japanese Invaders, the hatred in his heart deepened again, and he only wanted to destroy all the Japanese Invaders as soon as possible, no matter where they lived, it was a hundred times. But obviously now is not the time to settle the account, it is only serious to destroy this group of robbers in Shandong first, "Zhang Lu, you go down to rest first, there is still a tough battle to fight in the coming day." ”
sent Zhang Lu away, and Zhu Youzhen scattered many rangers to detect the movements of the widows.
The next day, Wang Mujiu returned, and he brought with him the specific movements of the Japanese Kou. In the early hours of the morning, the Japanese invaders had already separated from the west gate of Qingzhou City.
"Simon?" Zhu Youzhen was happy, the Japanese invaders came out of the west gate of Qingzhou City, and they must come to Linzi, calculating the time, the Japanese had no war horses, they were all on foot, and they should arrive at Zhu Youzhen's preset ambush circle in the afternoon.
Zhu Youzhen thanked God and the owner of Qingyuan, maybe they all helped him in the dark.
The Japanese came to the ambush circle, so the original strategy of luring with cavalry did not need to be implemented, as long as the Fenwu battalion was ambushed in the designated position in advance.
This is his first war in this world, and it is related to his future prestige in the army, and he must not return in vain and let the Japanese slip through the cracks.