Chapter 175: It Happened Too Suddenly
When Zhang Meng entered Wu Ming's tent, Wu Ming was already lying on his stomach and sleeping in a daze. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
Seeing this scene, Zhang Meng subconsciously stopped, he knew that Wu Ming must have been in a hurry overnight to become like this. This kind of thing is not uncommon in the past six months.
Therefore, Zhang Meng kept the action of opening the curtain door with one hand, and looked at Wu Ming blankly. From his expression, it could be seen that Zhang Meng was hesitating to disturb Wu Ming. After all, things are not too urgent, and it is not impossible to meet in the evening.
Finally, after thinking for a while, Zhang Meng sighed softly and shook his head, lowered the curtain door, and slowly retreated.
But at this time, the sound of the army gathering and training outside made Wu Ming, who was already relieved and had not fallen into a deep sleep, wake up suddenly.
The sun was shining through the cracks in the tent. Even a ray of sunlight shone directly on his cheek.
Wu Ming first looked around in a daze, and when he saw that there was no one, he rubbed his eyes and stood up with his waist stretched.
Although sleepy, he persevered and walked out. Just when he opened the curtain door, he happened to see Zhang Meng, who had not yet left, explaining something to a guard.
"Did something happen?" Barely cheering up, Wu Ming looked at Zhang Meng, who was carrying himself at the moment, and asked.
Zhang Meng explained to the soldier about Wu Ming, and when he heard Wu Ming's voice at this moment, he immediately stopped explaining to the soldier and strode towards Wu Ming.
"I heard that the general came back early in the morning, and the last general came over to take a look, and I saw that you were sleeping just now and didn't disturb you, so I didn't want you to wake up when I turned around." Respectfully arching his hand in front of Wu Ming, Zhang Meng said lightly.
"Did something happen?" Wu Ming didn't say anything else, and went straight to the topic.
"It's something, but it's not serious." After a slight pause, Zhang Meng said aloud: "In an audit ten days ago, there were four centurions who failed to pass the test because of the study of writing, and according to today's regulations, they will replace others to take over the positions of the four of them. So after the last general consulted with General Jin Yan, he unanimously determined that the four veterans who were qualified for military merit and writing replaced the four people. β
Speaking of this, Zhang Meng paused and didn't say anything, but his face was a little ugly, and it seemed that he hadn't finished speaking.
"It's right, what's the matter, is there a mess?" Looking at Zhang Meng seriously, Wu Ming asked slowly.
"Yes-" Zhang Meng sighed softly and said, "In this way, the original position of the four people will be reduced, and the military salary will naturally be reduced." So these four guys started to make trouble with their original soldiers, and they just didn't go to the text course arranged. Even the usual training is weak. The last general also heard that they were privately discussing how to overturn the general's literacy rule and wanted to restore the original system. β
"Don't you think it's a big deal?" Zhang Meng had just closed his mouth when he heard Wu Ming's reproachful question.
Hehe, it's only been half a year, and in half a year, some people have started to make their own little calculations. And it was four centurions pulling his four hundred soldiers together.
Although Wu Ming had long thought that giving this guy too good conditions would cause a lot of trouble in the later stage. But he didn't expect this trouble to come soon.
If you let it go, these guys probably think they're easy to bully. This is not a trivial matter, but it is a big one. Of course, this is no wonder Zhang Meng, after all, Zhang Meng doesn't know the way to this kind of management, he is just an implementer, and he doesn't even recognize Wu Ming's ideas.
"Let's talk about it, what kind of toss they are." Staring at Zhang Meng seriously, Wu Ming asked in a deep voice.
Faced with this question, Zhang Meng was stunned at first, and then said at a loss: "At first, I just didn't learn the language, and later I preached it in the army, saying that it was unfair to some soldiers who fought bravely to kill the enemy."
Later, I began to relax my daily practice. What to say, since literacy is so important, what do you practice desperately, no matter how high your military merits are on the battlefield, you must first know the words before you can receive what words. β
"What about the other soldiers, how did they react?"
"It's nothing if they've been in the barracks for three months, after all, the general pays them a salary, not just a pension after death. However, some of the new soldiers should be uncertain, and they have not experienced the tempering of the battlefield, although they do not clearly stand with those people, but there are many people who are not as hard as before in training, and if they continue like this, they are only afraid of ......"
"It's all like this, and you still say it's a trivial matter?" Before Zhang Meng finished speaking, Wu Ming was already glaring at him viciously, "Didn't you punish these people in any way?" β
"According to the new regulations in the army, no killings can be made, and no military pay can be deducted. The other cane is punished with a maximum of 100 canes, and the punishment can be punished for standing for one day, and the punishment is not allowed to eat for three days, and these punishments are used again, but those guys still don't know how to pick it up, but some of the new soldiers are more honest. β
"Hehe......" The corners of Wu Ming's mouth moved slightly, exuding a sneer. But Zhang Meng can't be blamed for this incident, after all, the rules of punishment are set by themselves, and people have come according to the strictest standards. I think it's also because he didn't let these people go, otherwise Zhang Meng would have beaten them up and driven them out.
"Looks like it's too good for them." Wu Ming almost gritted his teeth and said this sentence.
It is said that you can't be too indulgent with people, and you can't be pampered. Wu Ming really didn't expect that being kind to these people would cause this situation. Maybe it's really much nicer for them.
"You go and inform the army, immediately stop the training mission, and assemble on the school grounds. In addition, let Jin Yan come to me. Looking at Zhang Meng, Wu Ming said a little coldly.
"Yes." Zhang Meng, who was already faintly oozing sweat on his forehead, hurriedly gave up his hand and left in a hurry.
Wu Ming ordered the soldiers to find water during this time, and washed away a little sleepiness outside the camp tent.
Not long after, Jin Yan rode a fast horse to Wu Ming's camp, and looking at his anxious appearance, he estimated that he knew something from Zhang Meng's mouth.
Seeing Wu Ming waiting for him outside the camp tent, Jin Yan had already turned over and dismounted in a hurry before the horses could completely stop, and trotted down to Wu Ming's face, "The last general will be a general." β
"No need to be so polite." Wu Ming, who was still having a headache about recruiting craftsmen, encountered such a thing again as soon as he came back, which made Wu Ming's heart even more chaotic, and he didn't have the time to talk nonsense with Jin Yan, he waved his hand directly and said: "I asked you to serve Zhao Yuan well before, but now how are others, are your injuries healed?" β
"Uh," Xu is remembered the scene when Wu Ming rectified Zhao Yuan half a year ago, Jin Yan swallowed and foamed: "The injuries are almost recovered, but the nails on three fingers have completely fallen off." It's pretty much fine. β
"Well, that's good. You just put people on the school grounds, and remember that you have to bring the torture equipment with you. β
"Yesβ"
As soon as he heard the request to bring the torture equipment, Jin Yan's body began to tremble slightly. The torture instrument may not be terrible, but Wu Ming's method of rectifying people! It's really not something that ordinary people can bear.
Half an hour later.
The 40,000-strong army had already lined up in a phalanx on the school ground, waiting for Wu Ming's arrival. But not long after, Wu Mingren had not yet arrived, but Jin Yan pressed Zhao Yuan to the school with all the execution tools.
Zhang Meng, who saw them coming from dozens of steps, suddenly became confused again, and after pondering for a while, he actually greeted Jin Yan in person to ask about the situation: "What's going on?" How did you get him here? β
"This is the order of the general, and the general also said that the army will first conduct the noon drill. He's in a bit of a hurry, and he'll be here in a while. β
Regarding the news brought by Jin Yan, Zhang Meng couldn't understand it. But he had already told Wu Ming what he should say, and as for other things, he really shouldn't worry about it. Therefore, after thinking about it for a while, Zhang Meng also returned to the front of the army and began to order the army to start training directly.
On the other hand, Jin Yan led more than a dozen soldiers to build a high platform on the spot, but this high platform was only one person high, which was not the high platform used by Zhang Meng to train the command of the army on weekdays.
In this exercise, most of the soldiers were still full of spirit, without the slightest slackness, and most of the soldiers had made great progress, whether it was strength or skills and moves in battle, there had been a great change.
In Zhang Meng's words, the soldiers who have been in it for half a year have basically exceeded the requirements of the soldiers in addition to the long-distance attack. Although many of Wu Ming's practices seem incomprehensible, the effect is still very good.
But just behind the good queue, there was a small area of soldiers who looked weak, sometimes as if they were deliberately practicing for a while to hide people's eyes, and then they began to be lazy again.
One will be good and one will be bad, this kind of person used to be turned over by Zhang Meng, as if he didn't see it, who knows why they are like this? But I don't want these generals to find out that they are lazy. Don't want to suffer because of this.
At the same time, it seems that from time to time he is lazy to do it for some people to see. If this is really the case, then the performance of these people really makes people want to laugh.
Zhang Meng let them go before because Wu Ming had new military regulations, and on the whole, it couldn't be better for these soldiers. That's what they do. Therefore, adhering to some of Wu Ming's ideas, Zhang Meng was also a little lax.
But after Wu Ming's accusation just now, Zhang Meng instantly felt that this matter was a bit big, so this time he didn't want to let go of any of the soldiers.
The guards who were standing beside him had all entered all corners of the large army array.
An hour later, just as Zhang Meng waved the banner and signaled the army to stop practicing, those guards had quickly isolated the hundreds of soldiers who had just violated the law from the army.
Then, the phalanx of the entire army also separated from the middle to the two sides along the gap where they were separated, leaving a large open space in the middle of the army.
A full three hundred and forty-six soldiers, under the watchful eye of the armies on both sides, began to receive their punishment.
As the sticks were lifted and lowered, there was a pleasant sound of crackling in the entire school field.
Among them was the painful roar of some of the soldiers.
In addition, in the phalanx of the army, some heralds held special tokens in their hands to convey orders back and forth in the military formation.
"According to General Zhang's order, there are 346 people who have violated military discipline and practiced for no reason. Therefore he shall be punished with a hundred rods, and shall be spared two days' foodβ"
One after another, the commands were coldly passed through the phalanx.
At this time, the soldiers of individual feelings in the military formation have also begun to whisper discussions.
"Wasn't there only a dozen people before? Why are there so many today-"
Words like that came one after another.
But at this moment, under the high platform, a high voice suddenly resounded in the air.
"The General has arrived."
With that shout, and then in the end, Wu Ming stepped onto the high platform step by step.
All the soldiers had already turned their gaze from the three hundred tortured soldiers to Wu Ming's body on the high platform.
The soldiers below were close, and it could be faintly seen that Wu Ming's face was very poor. In the words of some soldiers who were already here in the early days of the establishment of the Hedong military camp. Wu Ming's face today is the first time.
remembered that Wu Ming was not in the army for a period of time, and Zhang Meng was in charge of everything. It is estimated that Wu Ming's expression today is because of those tortured soldiers.
Seeing this scene, some of the soldiers had already begun to pray silently for the tortured soldiers.
In fact, the soldiers in Da Stride all respect Wu Ming very much, after all, since Wu Ming became a general, no matter how high or low the rank of the soldiers in the army, everyone has a fortune, although it is only once a year, and there are not many. But in this day and age, this is already a pie-in-the-sky thing.
After all, conscription in the past was mandatory, and if you don't agree, your family will also be implicated.
Now Wu Ming is willing to give every soldier a salary, and he is good to everyone, so most of today's soldiers are driven by Wu Ming's style except that they don't want to be affected by the law of joint sitting.
It's just that some of these 300 people have happened because of the problem of their respective centurions. But the real blatant ones were actually only eleven people, and the rest didn't know what the reason was, and they were afraid that they would be caught by the generals if they didn't practice well. It seems that he is worried that if he practices well, he will be involved in some other things. refers to those soldiers who practice well for a while, and then cheat and play tricks.
"General." On the high platform, Zhang Meng and several soldiers saluted like Wu Ming.
And Wu Ming just replied to Zhang Meng habitually, and then coldly looked at the scene of punishment below and said, "Go down the order, the punishment just now will be stopped." β