Chapter 16: The Confinement Chamber

Li Jing took Chai Shao and Li Shiji to the dining hall quickly, it was already a mess, and there were already many people lying on the ground. All of them had blue noses and swollen faces, and they were all moaning in low voices. There are many more people who are beating each other.

In this chaotic 'battlefield', Li Kuan was also struggling to kill, and the long sheath knife in his hand was snatched from the hands of I don't know whom. As long as you don't wear the same type of armor as your subordinates, you will step forward and knock it down. I also took a few blows on my body, but I was able to bear it.

The soldiers were quite restrained, they didn't draw their knives, they all smashed them with scabbards, although heavy hands would also hurt their muscles and bones, but they did much less damage than blades. Tong Zhan this guy shouted and fought happily, he was the best at this kind of group fight. The soldiers are similar, and if they really enter the stage of hand-to-hand combat when fighting, it will not be far from now. So all of them are experienced, and they are more comfortable fighting.

Li Jing stood outside the field, looking at the scene in front of him, his lungs exploded, is this about to rebel? How could such a large-scale weapon fight occur in a well-disciplined army, and it happened in the two most elite troops. immediately shouted: "Stop it all for Ben Shuai!" ”

Everyone heard Li Jing's voice, and the people in the Longxiang camp subconsciously stopped, they had been soldiers under Li Jing for many years, so they were naturally familiar with the voice of the commander. And the Xuanjia Guard's side also stopped after the people from the Long Xiang Camp stopped.

"How can this be true, you guys are well fed? Fight? Not enough practice? If you have the strength, train more. In the future, you can save your life on the battlefield and start with your comrades? Are you out of tune? Li Jing's series of roars made everyone subconsciously bow their heads.

"Great. We didn't provoke this! These newcomers came up with copying guys! "Zhang Baoxiang, the commander of the Longxiang battalion, the deputy commander of the Datongdao march, is also the direct leader of the most elite troops of the right military guard, and there are many overlapping official positions in the army, just like Li Jing, he is the generalissimo of the expedition to the Turks, and he is also the chief of the Dingxiangdao march. Zhang Bao saw Li Jing and scolded him, and immediately shouted. They didn't do anything in the Long Xiang Battalion, but those recruits directly stepped forward to provoke. Can this be endured?

"No matter who is right or wrong, a private fight in the barracks is a violation of military discipline. All of them will be punished! "Li Jing doesn't talk about face at all, what happened, is there a difference between who is right and wrong? You can't get out of a fight without your part, as long as you participate. Then you have to accept the punishment. Otherwise, where is the military discipline? If you want to plead, you have to wait until after the military law is implemented, and then let's talk about it!

"Come on, arrest all these people who are fighting!" Li Jing didn't care about Chai Shao, who had changed dramatically behind him, and Li Shiji, who wanted to stop talking, he ordered directly.

So the soldiers around who were originally watching the excitement became law enforcers, and stepped forward to arrest the two battalions of soldiers who were fighting in the center. And the Long Xiang Battalion and the Xuanjiawei did not resist. They have been soldiers for so long, so they naturally know that resisting at this time is a crime of one more degree, so it is better to cooperate obediently.

"Drag the ones from the ground away. Executed together, since you have the strength to fight, then you have the strength to receive the military stick! Fifty military sticks for those who fight and make trouble, and not one of them will be spared! Li Jing announced everyone's fate with a black face.

"Marshal, go down with fifty sticks, and when they swear to go out in a month, their injuries won't heal! I implore the marshal to be lenient and let him make meritorious service for his crimes, how about atonement for his military exploits on the battlefield? Chai Shao said.

"Huh? General Chai Shao, what you said is biased! What if they didn't have strict discipline? A rabble, can they fight a winning battle? Even in the elite? If you don't abide by military discipline and don't have a king's law, the higher the personal force of such an army, the more unruly it will be, and you have to make them hurt in order to remember it for a long time! Punishment can't be less! Li Shiji retorted.

"However, if you go down with fifty sticks, you have to lie down for two months, and if you miss this time, wouldn't it be even worse?" Chai Shao still insisted on his position and said.

"Okay, don't quarrel with the two of you, Mao Gong is right, punishment is indispensable, if you can fight privately in the barracks, who will dare to lead troops in the future? It's just that what General Chai Shao said is not unreasonable, so be it! Remember the military stick for the time being, and Ben Shuai thinks if there are any other punishments that can be implemented! Li Jing frowned, if he really broke his muscles and bones at this juncture, it was really possible to delay the fighter, but what punishment is there in the army in this era besides the military stick?

After thinking about it for a long time, Li Jing didn't make up his mind, if these guys didn't punish them enough, I was afraid that there would be trouble, and he could see that although these two groups of people had temporarily died down, they still didn't look at each other correctly. Thinking about this, Li Jing saw Li Kuan who was being escorted.

"Captain Li Kuan, come here!" Li Jing stopped Li Kuan.

"Marshal, what do you command?" Li Kuan stepped forward and knelt down on one knee and saluted, there is only the difference between generals and soldiers in this army, and Li Kuan does not want too many people to know his identity, so he still has enough etiquette. Although he knew that this would only delay some time, and his identity would be revealed sooner or later, he definitely didn't want it to be now.

"Tell me, how should I punish you? Actually gathered a crowd to fight in the barracks, your guts are quite fat? Li Jing asked sharply.

"Marshal, there is nothing to say about the humble position, let me beat and punish!" Li Kuan won't argue about anything at this time, if he opens his mouth to tell it, then Zhang Baoxiang will also shout, this matter is fundamentally Xuanjiawei's pride is making trouble, and these guys will fight if they fight, they didn't win, it's really a shame. Li Kuan didn't care about them fighting, he also joined the war in the end, but no matter what these guys said, they were also drawn from Li Er's personal guards, although they all joined the Xuanjiawei in the past two or three years, those old people who were there at the beginning are now all treasures, and their qualifications are very high, so it is not their turn to protect Li Kuan to go to the battlefield.

"Ben Shuai can't think of how to punish you, I wanted to hit dozens of military sticks to make you feel painful, but this time is a bit coincidental, for fear of delaying the time to go out. This does not punish you guys, and this military discipline does not agree, military law is like a mountain, and if you violate it, you will be punished! This is embarrassing! Li Jing's gray beard was brushed in his hand and said.

"Dashuai, you can actually be confined!" Li Kuan thought for a while and said, this is the most common punishment method in the army, and it is also the most feared punishment for all soldiers, of course, there was no such punishment in the Tang Dynasty.

"What is confinement?" Li Jing really hadn't heard of it, that is, the person who made the mistake was locked up in a small room alone, and no one was allowed to talk to him during the period, and this room must be soundproofed!

Li Kuan himself was ignorant of this, but he had tried this legendary confinement himself, when he was working in the small blacksmith shop in that township, there was a cellar that was dug out and stacked with materials, because iron was piled up on the ground and it was easy to bump and hurt people, so he simply piled it underground.

In that small space, Li Kuan had been in it for several days, and that time it was because he had beaten up a ruffian in the town, and the guy was looking for someone to block him. Li Kuan was hidden in the cellar by the shopkeeper and waited for the rumor to pass before quietly leaving. In the meantime, except for the shopkeeper quietly coming down to deliver food, it was almost like confinement. So Li Kuan felt that he should be able to adapt to this real confinement punishment, so he said it.

"Isn't it too cumbersome to build a small room? There are a thousand people here! Li Shiji asked out loud.

"That's it, it's better to beat the baton! Besides, what kind of punishment is this for a few days? Li Jing also shook his head.

"So handsome, you get a few out to try first, if the effect is good, you will be punished in batches, one hundred people at a time, each person is confined for three days, and this is almost the same! A hundred small rooms, these guys can build their own! Chai Shao supports Li Kuan, in fact, he is mainly afraid that Li Kuan will be beaten, who calls him Li Kuan's uncle, before Li Kuan and Chai Lingwu came, Li Xiuning had already written to him and said that if something happened to these two boys in Youwuwei, she would not let him go. Chai Shao is very afraid of his own princess and wife, no, he loves it very much, Her Royal Highness Princess Pingyang can ravage her son and nephew casually, but others cannot. Therefore, Chai Shao saw that Li Kuan said that he didn't need to beat the military stick, and only closed it for a few days, and immediately supported it.

"Okay, just do what General Chai Shao said, if the effect doesn't work, then let you people triple your training in the next few days, so as not to fight with great energy! When this battle is over, make up for the sticks that should be suffered! If you die on the battlefield, forget it! Li Jing decided.

Immediately, he ordered the soldiers of the Longxiang Battalion and the Xuanjiawei to start building the small rooms that Li Kuan had mentioned, each room the size of which could only accommodate a bed and a toilet. All but one door on all four sides are walls. I require sound insulation and am firm. If it is built, it can be exempted from the punishment of the military stick, and if the construction is not qualified, then it will not be able to bear it, and the fifty military sticks will be firmly recorded on the head of the big guy.

So all the soldiers tried their best not to suffer from this military stick, and the rammed earth was rammed solidly, and the earth was used as a wall, which was more than a foot thick. The roof is made of sturdy planks and covered with a layer of thatch to isolate sound as much as possible. There is also a door, there is no small window on the door, just a whole large wooden board, if this is closed, the inside is guaranteed to be out of sight. Li Kuan suddenly felt that the people of this era were too honest, so they had their own! When he saw the built confinement room, he felt a little worried in his heart. (To be continued......)