According to the rules in the barracks, every morning the drums must be beaten to gather the generals, called the general drum, and after the generals and officials come, the chief general will preside over the discussion of military affairs. In addition, it is worth mentioning that this kind of general drum can be much stricter than the class bell in the school in later generations, and the general drum will knock three links in total.

In addition, in the event of an emergency military situation, the chief officer in the army also has the right to sound the general drum at any time, but this kind of general drum that will sound at any time is different from the common practice in the early morning, because this kind of general drum is a four-way drum sound, the first drum is called the day awakening general drum, as the name suggests, that is, to remind each general to go to the Chinese army tent to gather, and then after a relatively long period of time, the back of the three-way drum will be sounded.

However, although the military law is ruthless, it is a dead thing, and the person who implements the military law is a person after all, so sometimes the military law is not necessarily useful, such as the Ming Dynasty's guard army, after many years of peaceful life, each guard is not to mention military law, even the daily drums of the generals are no longer beaten, and even some of the drums of the guards have long been rotten into a pile of wood.

In contrast, the situation here in Dinghaiwei is much better, although the drum of the general is not sounded every day, but in order to make a show, the drum will be sounded every few days, and in order to maintain the majesty of the main general, after the drum of the three-way general is beaten, if someone does not arrive, although he will not be beheaded, but he will also be beaten with a military stick.

Originally, since Cheng Quan left, the entire Dinghaiwei was handed over to the management of the commander Zhong Zhen, who was in his fifties. He wasn't a hard-working man in the first place. In addition to being able to shoot Cheng Quan's sycophants. He didn't have any other skills, so after Cheng Quan left, he ate, drank and had fun every day, and never took care of the affairs in the barracks, and sometimes he didn't even go to the barracks for a few days, let alone beat the drums of the generals, so the generals in the barracks were also very relaxed.

However, when it was almost noon on this day, a low drum beat suddenly sounded on the side of Zhenhai Tower. The generals in the entire barracks were very strange during this whole process, while guessing who was beating the drum? While speeding up the pace and rushing to Zhenhailou, after all, if you don't arrive when the last drum falls, you will be beaten with a military stick.

It is precisely because of this that as long as the Dinghai guard general who heard the drum of the gathering generals, he quickly rushed to Zhenhailou. But when they came to the council hall, they found that there was a young officer sitting on the main seat of the hall who had never seen before, and Commander Wei and Tongzhi Qu Lie and the others were standing respectfully below, which made everyone guess the identity of the other party at the same time, and they were also smart not to ask more. Honestly standing down and waiting for everyone to come.

After the second drum sounded, Dinghaiwei heard that the officer had already come halfway. When the third pass fell, almost all the generals came, but only the commander Zhong Zhen did not come, and it was not until the fourth drum was about to fall that the generals saw the disheveled Zhong Yan running in from the outside in embarrassment, shouting while running: "Who?" Who in the end ate the gall of the ambitious leopard and dared to beat the drum of the generals without authorization, isn't he afraid of military law? ”

"Bastard, what kind of system is the noise in the barracks, come, arrest this person and beat the ten army sticks!" Seeing this person running in from outside, Zhou Chong, who was sitting in the hall, suddenly slapped the table and said sharply.

With his order, two brocade guards immediately rushed out next to him, and immediately pressed Zhong Zhen to the ground, picked up the military stick and beat it. You must know that the Jinyi guards are all masters of execution, and the sticks in their hands can be light or heavy, even a piece of tofu will not be broken when it is light, but it can smash bluestone when it is heavy. Zhou Zhong had already said that he would be beaten hard, so their subordinates did not show the slightest mercy, and the ten army sticks went down to beat Zhong Zhen to cry his father and call his mother, and the screams were one after another, and the worst thing was that he still didn't know why he was beaten, and where did the young officer who ordered him to beat him come from?

The other generals around saw that the young general in the hall was so domineering, and he didn't give any affection to the commander of Weizhong, which made them feel a trace of awe in their hearts, and at the same time looked at Qu Lie and others with respectful faces in front of them, and they were even more curious about Zhou Chong's identity, after all, the officers who can drive the Jinyi Guard, I'm afraid it's amazing!

By the time the Ten Army Sticks were finished, Zhong Zhen was already in pain and his face was covered with cold sweat, and the clothes on his buttocks had already been printed with a few blood stains, but Zhong Zhen was almost crazy at this time, and he immediately lay on the ground and pointed to Zhou Da in the hall and asked loudly: "Who are you, why did you beat this man without authorization, aren't you afraid that Commander Cheng will come back to settle accounts with you?" ”

Seeing that this Zhong Zhen still didn't realize his identity after being beaten, Zhou Zhong couldn't help but shake his head secretly, it seems that Qu Lie said well before, this Zhong Zhen is indeed a straw bag, at least most of the generals in the hall have better eyes than him, otherwise they wouldn't dare to be so rude to themselves after being beaten.

"Hmph, Admiral Ben is also trying to take Cheng Quan to the camp to ask for guilt, if you can call him back, it will be the best, and it will save Admiral Ben to give an order himself!" I saw Zhou Chong snort coldly and said, this Zhong Zhen is Cheng Quan's henchman, and now he has beaten him, which is to hit Cheng Quan's prestige, which is conducive to him taking over Dinghaiwei.

"Mention ...... Admiral! Hearing Zhou Chong's self-proclaimed, not only Zhong Zhen was stunned for a moment, but the other generals around him were also talking about it, and they were also the same as Qu Lie, they had long heard that the imperial court was going to send a four-sea governor named Zhou Zhong to take over Dinghaiwei, but they never thought that Zhou Zhong was so young, and he had just come to Dinghaiwei to beat Zhong Zhen, the henchman of the commander.

"This ...... This...... The subordinates see Lord Admiral, but the subordinates did not make a mistake, I don't know why Lord Admiral scolded his subordinates? I saw that after Zhong Zhen woke up from the shock, he quickly asked a little unconvinced. He knew that the governor of the Dao Dao had a contradiction with this Zhou Chong, and this time he summoned Cheng Quan to Hangzhou, just to embarrass this Zhou Chong, as Cheng Quan's confidant, he naturally had to make his position clear, so he was also very unconvinced by Zhou Chong's scolding of himself just now.

"Hmph, you still don't know why Admiral Lu Daoben scolded you?" Zhou Zhong snorted coldly again when he heard this, "The barracks council hall is a serious place, no one is allowed to make a loud noise, as a guard in the middle of the guard, not only is you the last to arrive, but you also shouted loudly, this admiral is already an extrajudicial grace with only ten strokes of the cane!" ”

Hearing Zhou Chong's words, Zhong Zhen was still a little unconvinced, and just wanted to open his mouth to refute a few words, but at this time, he heard Zhou Chong continue: "In addition, you are not just making noise in the hall, as a military attaché, you actually came to discuss matters without being in good clothes, you are simply ignoring military law, come here, and give me another twenty beatings!" ”

As soon as Zhou Chong's words fell, the Jinyi guards on both sides agreed again, kicked Zhong Zhen, who had climbed up his upper body, down again, picked up the stick and fought again. As a result, Zhong Zhen was in pain and anger, and he simply lost his mind after the worst moment, pointing at Zhou Da and shouting: "Lord Admiral oppresses people with power, blames himself and punishes his subordinates, and his subordinates are not satisfied!" Defy! ”

"Roar and slander Shangguan, add another twenty!" Zhou Chong commanded again with an expressionless face, this time he summoned the generals of Dinghaiwei to establish his authority, it just so happened that this Zhong Zhen was Cheng Quan's henchman, and he bumped into his own hands again, if he missed this opportunity in vain, it would be a pity.

Seeing that Zhou Chong, the young admiral, was about to beat Zhong Zhen's forty military sticks without blinking, all the generals were silent for a while, and they knew that the forty military sticks of the Dao Dao were not fun, and if they didn't make it, they would be beaten to death, so no matter whether they belonged to Cheng Quan's family before, no one dared to come out to intercede, after all, they were not stupid, knowing that Zhou Zhong was so embarrassed by Zhong Zhen, it was nothing more than to hit Cheng Quan's face, they didn't want to bump into the muzzle of this admiral like Zhong Zhen.

However, the others didn't dare to plead, but Qu Lie next to him suddenly stood up and said: "Lord Admiral, is forty military sticks too much, if Zhong is killed, I'm afraid it will be difficult for the adults to explain at that time!" ”

Qu Lie has always been at odds with Cheng Quan, and he naturally has no good impression of Cheng Quan's henchman Zhong Zhen, and even in the past, Zhong Zhen relied on Cheng Quan's momentum and bullied Cheng Quan, so the reason why Cheng Quan came forward to intercede was not because of his affection, but because he sincerely thought about Zhou Chong.

However, after hearing this, Zhou Zhong smiled and said: "Qu Tongzhi doesn't have to worry, although Zhong Zhen has no military law and is really not worthy of the position of commander, but this official will definitely leave him a breath of relief, if Cheng Quan can rush back within three days, then hand over Zhong Zhen to him for disposal, if Zhong Zhen can't rush back to Dinghaiwei within three days, then the admiral will arrest him back and deal with him with Zhong Zhen in military law!" ”

When Zhou Zhong said the last few words, his voice turned stern again, and at the same time swept all the generals in the hall, and as a result, these people were so frightened that they all bowed their heads, and no one dared to look at Zhou Chong. There is enough news revealed in Zhou Chong's words just now, this admiral actually ordered and commanded the envoy to return to the camp in three days, if the other party does not come back, I am afraid that there will be a major earthquake in Dinghaiwei.

Zhou Zhong said that he left a breath for Zhong Zhen, and after the beating of the last forty military sticks, he was completely paralyzed on the ground, and Zhong Zhen, who was full of blood on his back, was really not dead, but at this time he couldn't speak, so he could only lie there and keep moaning and panting. This is also thanks to the experienced Jinyi Guard, if it were replaced by someone else, I am afraid that he would really be beaten to death.

After letting the half-dead Zhong Zhen be dragged down, Zhou Chong reintroduced himself, and then asked the following generals to report to their homes, and after both sides got to know each other, Zhou Chong asked about the situation in Dinghaiwei, and finally in front of everyone, he ordered Qu Lie to temporarily take the position of commander and resume the daily training of the sergeants. (To be continued......)