Bang! Bang! Bang!

The military stick fell on Huang Zhong's back one after another, and every time it fell, a blood-red mark was printed on the back, and Huang Zhong himself was lying on a long bench, clenching his back molars, and his forehead was full of beads of sweat, and the beads of sweat the size of soybeans dripped on the ground, and they were actually wet.

The onlookers all sweated for Huang Zhong, and when the military stick fell, it seemed to hit them on the back, and they were very distressed.

After a while, Huang Zhong's back was scarred by the baton of the baton, but Huang Zhong didn't shout a word from beginning to end.

Sima Yi looked at Huang Zhong who was scolded by the rod with indifferent eyes, his face was expressionless, and beside him, the rest of the people were full of worry.

Especially the deputy governor of the navy, Wen Ping, was anxious like an ant on a hot pot, and when he saw that Huang Zhong had already been beaten with ten army sticks, and the flesh and blood on his back were blurred, he immediately said to Sima Yi: "General, General Huang is very old, if he continues to fight like this, I am afraid that people will die." The last general is young and strong, and the remaining ten army sticks are willing to be punished on behalf of General Huang! ”

"Wenpin!" Huang Zhong suddenly shouted, shook his head at Wen Ping, and said, "This matter has nothing to do with you, you don't have to worry about the old man's affairs." It's just twenty military sticks, and he can't kill the old man, even if he adds twenty military sticks, the old man won't be timid at all! ”

When Wen Ping heard Huang Zhong say this, he became even more anxious, and immediately said: "But ......"

"Nothing, General, all the punishments. It would be nice for the old man to bear it alone. Please continue to rebuke the general! Huang Zhong interrupted what Wen Ping wanted to say. Shouted at Sima Yi.

Sima Yi's face was indifferent, and when he heard Huang Zhong say this, he said coldly: "Since this is the case, then follow the wishes of General Huang, don't stop, continue to scold until the fight is over." ”

"Whoa!" The staff of the cane is also tired enough, and the cane is also an individual lì work. These people are all big and rough in the army, they don't have other skills, they just have strength, plus Sima Yi is supervising on the side, they will be punished if they beat lightly, and they are afraid that Huang Zhong will not be able to stand it if they hit hard, so they are more moderate when they fight, which can not only let Sima Yi see that they are really working hard to blame, but also can't let Huang Zhong suffer too much, so he always works hard every time he swings the stick. But when it was about to fall on Huang Zhong, he had already collected almost the strength.

But. The cane blame also has to be immediate, so the first few military sticks, they are indeed really beaten, but the back of the military sticks, but it is very difficult, and the strength is swung out, but it is much more difficult to take it back, so it will take more effort.

These personnel who carried out the staff duties first gasped, and then several people glanced at each other, and everyone took care of each other, and they all knew what to do with the ten military sticks below.

So, when the military stick fell on Huang Zhong's back again, Huang Zhong did not feel much pain, and in doubt, he turned his head to look at the staff who was responsible for it, but saw that one of them gave him a look, and did not say anything, all the meanings were in plain sight.

Huang Zhong's eyes were full of gratitude, and he continued to lie there, motionless, silently bearing the benefits given to him by these staff blamers.

Sima Yi's gaze is unique, like a torch, even if there are some subtle changes, he can see that the scene of the staff blaming the staff for stealing and playing tricks is naturally seen by him. However, Sima Yi didn't say anything, just stood there quietly, watching the execution of the remaining ten military sticks with indifferent eyes.

However, Sima Yi's psychological side was secretly muttering: "General Huang, I really wronged you......"

The rest of the ten army sticks were quickly executed, and Huang Zhong's back was already full of flesh and blood, and he was lying on the bench panting.

After Sima Yi saw that the staff was over, he said coldly: "Huang Zhong, the governor of the navy, has no way to discipline his subordinates, and the army is not strictly governed, so that there are many loopholes in the navy. If anyone is dissatisfied with this general, go to His Royal Highness King Yan to complain. ”

After saying this, Sima Yi turned around and walked into the main tent of the naval army camp, and said loudly at the same time: "Send General Huang back to the camp to rest, all the officials above Sima in the naval army, all come here within half an hour to gather, I will have something to say." ”

Most of the soldiers in the navy are Jingzhou people, of which 30,000 are the real Jingzhou navy, and the rest are adapted from the Jingzhou army. In addition, there are many factions in the army, and intrigue and intrigue often occur, and fights and brawls are also common, and the whole army is relatively loose, and there is no sense of concerted efforts.

When Sima Yi was in Jingzhou for a long time, he could be said to know the situation of the Jingzhou army well, and he saw the unfavorable factors of the Jingzhou army, so he naturally had to rectify it first.

At first, Sima Yi was busy dedicating Jingzhou to Zhang Yan, so that Zhang Yan's soldiers could enter Jingzhou without blood, control Jingzhou, and have weak control over the army, and some of the remnants of Cai's party in the army have not been cleared, so that it has brought great hidden dangers to the current Jingzhou army.

During Huang Zhong's tenure as the governor of the navy, he was also very aware of these criticisms in the army, but he was suffering from a good cure, and he also revealed to Sima Yi the idea of rectifying the Jingzhou army, but because he was at the critical juncture of returning to the Han Dynasty, Sima Yi was worried that the rectification of the Jingzhou army would trigger a mutiny, so he did not start for a long time.

But now, it has come to a very critical moment, Zhang Yan wants to attack Jiangdong and pacify Jiangnan, he must use the Jingzhou Navy, and the southern waters are extremely widely distributed, and the attack with the Navy, which is far lighter and faster than the Army, so the rectification of the Jingzhou Navy, has also become an imminent necessity.

In Sima Yi's strategic plan to pacify Jiangnan to Zhang Yan, he clearly pointed out that although the Han army was large in number. Plenty of food and grass. But the preparation was not sufficient. There is also a lack of the ability to coordinate operations among the various troops, and the various armies are also uneven, and most of the elite soldiers and strong generals who have been summoned have a kind of arrogance, thinking that the land of Jiangdong can be completely captured in a moment as long as they launch an attack.

However, Sima Yi does not think so. He went undercover in Jingzhou for a long time, during which he kept sending people to investigate the situation in Jiangnan, and he could also be said to have some grasp of the situation in Jingzhou, Jiangdong, and Jiaozhou.

In his opinion, although the Jiangdong Sun family does not have many troops, there are three important reasons why it can gain a foothold in Jiangdong, one is that Jiangdong is very united from top to bottom, although the talent is not abundant, but there is no shortage of very capable people, the old, middle and young generations can basically be perfectly connected, and the veterans and ministers are loyal to the Sun family. The middle-aged and young generation led by Zhou Yu, Lu Fan and others are the mainstay of Jiangdong talents, and these people are also growing rapidly. Dare to fight, without the constraints of veterans and ministers.

The second reason is that after the truce between the Sun clan and the local Shanyue, the way of mutual marriage between the Tongguò made the Sun group in Jiangdong and the local Shanyue people tied together, and both prospered and lost. Therefore, once the war broke out, the Han army was ostensibly the southern expedition to Sun, but in fact, Sun would definitely bewitch the Shanyue people to fight side by side, in this way, the Han army was equal to the enemy of the entire Shanyue people, plus the terrain in the south of the Yangtze River is mostly hills, mountains, rivers, and relatively few plains, and the use of cavalry is not great, although the infantry combat ability of the Han army is also good, but there are many hills here, the mountains are extremely wide, and the Shanyue people are fighting at their own doorstep, and they are very good at mountain combat, but they are afraid that the infantry will come, and they can't cope with these Shanyue people, Instead, they will be mired in war.

The third reason involves the contradictions within the Han army. Since Zhang Yan became the king of Yan, he has been in a high position, and the army he leads is also his own descendant troops, so he has relatively little understanding of the army at the grassroots level. But Sima Yi saw very clearly that within the Han army, the combat effectiveness of the army was not very weak, but the soldiers were also divided into three, six, nine and so on because of the different armies they belonged to.

For example, Zhang Yan's guards are the best in the entire Han army's military system, and the armor and weapons he has are the most sophisticated, and being able to become a member of the guards is enough to be proud of.

The second is that the soldiers who belong to the five tiger generals under the original Zhang Yan's account, their treatment is the same as that of the guards and the pro-army, and the soldiers are also happy to be one of them, although they are not as prominent as the guards and pro-army, but they are almost the same.

Then there is the army of the regular Han army led by the rest of the generals, and then it is the miscellaneous army that surrendered and was absorbed, although the generals who led the army will not have much feeling because of these, but within the army, the most basic soldiers, they can clearly feel the difference.

For example, a soldier who guards the pro-army comes out of the barracks to do errands, and when he arrives in other barracks, they are all awesome, because they are the direct subordinates of King Yan, they are the descendants of the army, and they will meet King Yan every day, so the people in the rest of the army do not dare to provoke these people, and they all avoid walking when they see these people. The only one who dares to argue with the guards is Jinyiwei. Although Jinyiwei is not a member of the military system, he is also a subordinate directly under the Yan King, the guards are the guards responsible for protecting the Yan King, and the Jinyi Wei is the intelligence department responsible for collecting intelligence.

But if you really want to say who is afraid of whom, it is estimated that the guards are more afraid of Jinyiwei, because Jinyiwei is responsible for collecting all kinds of information, even if it is a prince and general, you can not avoid taboos, as long as the information collected says that you have broken the law, then within three days, Jinyiwei will definitely visit the door, directly arrest people and put them in the cell, and there is no need to greet the official yamen at all.

Therefore, Jinyiwei is the best person and the most enviable profession.

However, Zhang Yan's Jinyiwei has always been managed by Xu Sheng, and there are not many of these people, all Jinyiwei together, there are only 3,000 people, and Xu Sheng has always been very strict, prohibiting Jinyiwei from doing illegal things, and every qiē must be lawful, so although Jinyiwei acts strangely, he is very upright, and there is no favoritism, personal vendettas, and abuse of power.

Among these three reasons, Sima Yi felt that the external factors of the Sun group were not terrible, but the terrible factors were the internal factors of the Han army, if the coordination was not good, it was very likely that the southern expedition would fail, and at that time, it would be difficult to turn the tide.

It was precisely for this reason that Sima Yi sent a letter to Zhang Yan to postpone the date of the attack, and to reorganize the various armies, and if necessary, to hold military drills to improve the ability of the various armies to coordinate operations.

In addition, Sima Yi even suggested that Zhang Yan go to the grassroots level to take a look, see the current situation of the soldiers at the lowest level of the army, and reasonably rectify the army. (To be continued......)