After Xu Youyi took off his armor and revealed hundreds of large and small scars on his body, the noisy discussion became quieter, and gradually, in the cold winter, it became silent.

Xu You's cold and rough voice penetrated into everyone's ears, causing some people who were still a little bloody to lower their arrogant heads in shame.

"In August of the eleventh year of Chenghua, the little prince Batu Munch led the crowd to attack, stepped on the awl mountain, and led an army of 2,000 to block the enemy. They went to 2,000 robes together, and returned 311 people, and finally intercepted the Tatars outside the country, and a certain was also seriously wounded. Stroking the two arrow wounds on his chest, Xu You recounted sadly, and the mournful voice was not loud but spread far away, because the scene was too quiet.

"In May of the twelfth year of Chenghua, the Tatars buckled the border again, and the defenders of Awl Mountain were outnumbered, and all 300 brothers were killed in battle. The marshal was furious when he heard the news and ordered a certain person to drive the enemy. A certain rate of 3,000 Daming Erlang, united with 3,000 people from the left guard to resist the enemy. In this battle, the rest of his body was wounded several times, but fortunately he did not die. Pity my 6,000 sons of the Ming Dynasty, because the delivery of grain and grass was not timely, half of them died on the battlefield. ”

"In June of the fifteenth year of Chenghua, Jianlu rebelled again, and this time the rebellion, Jianlu and the sea captives besieged, intending to invade our Ming borderland. Lord Wu personally went into battle, led an army of 30,000, and fought fiercely with the enemy. In the half month of the war, there were countless casualties on both sides, and a certain vanguard general had more than one of the ten soldiers under his command. Two wounds in the chest, almost took someone's life, a certain self-aware was born as a Ming man, died as a Ming ghost, and fought to the death. When the time was commended, a certain was promoted from a guerrilla general to a general, and he was transferred to a state general. ”

His fingers kept pointing at his body, and each wound he pointed to was a war.

Those wounds were big and small, and the battles were big and small, and it was very plain to say from his mouth, but the people of Liaodong could think of how cruel those wars were.

Whether it was against the Tatars or the Warats, or against the Jianzhou Jurchens, who were not yet very successful, the Ming army often suffered heavy casualties. One or two thousand people went out, and there were only a few hundred people who could come back.

Not to mention that the army is not good at fighting, it is not that the Ming army is cowardly, and it is not that the commander is not good, but the cavalry of the grassland people who come and go like the wind is really nerve-wracking.

People rushed over, you are an infantryman, you were hacked to death like chopping melons and vegetables, people can't beat you, and you can't catch up if you want to run.

But others will not understand them, and the common people of the border towns are better, even if they have not seen the war with their own eyes, they have heard about it. The people in other places don't understand very well, why can't I defeat those Tartars with millions of troops in the Ming Dynasty? Isn't it because you soldiers refuse to contribute?

The idea of the common people is very simple, the imperial court collects so many taxes and raises so many soldiers, you should protect our safety. Otherwise, why do you want so much money to support you?

However, the suffering of the soldiers is known only to the soldiers themselves.

"My lord, it's better to spare him this time!" In the crowd, the soft voices of the people were heard.

"Yes, my lord, let's leave him to kill more Tartars! It is not easy for Daming to cultivate a qualified general, and it is not easy to train it, don't let the Tartars kill it, but let others kill it. ”

"yes, yes! Adults will spare him this time! ”

Under the leadership of one person, others pleaded one after another, not for anything else, just because Xu You was wearing a mountain armor.

It is the symbol of the Ming military generals and the patron saint of the Ming people. Of course, the generals who wear the armor of the Ming Dynasty are not necessarily the good generals of the Ming Dynasty, and there are also many scum who specialize in attacking their own people. However, Xu You in front of him is obviously not those scum, at least in front of the people of Liaodong, he is not.

The young woman whose ancestral home is Yizhou but followed her father to Guangning because of saving her brother is surnamed Cao, who was born poor, so she doesn't even have a serious name, and her family calls her Anu.

At first, she did hate Xu You to the core.

As early as when she was in Yiju, Xu You had been to her family's tofu workshop, and she had secretly hidden in the corner to observe the rude-looking general.

For a woman from a poor family like them, it would be a great thing to be a general's concubine. It's a pity that the old father didn't want to see his heart and liver baby wronged, so he threw Xu You's dowry out the door. Of course, Xu You didn't want to disturb her family, and he hadn't disturbed her family since.

But Xu You thinks so, his subordinates don't think so, they have been on the battlefield for more than ten years, I don't know how many lives have been saved, and they have been able to live until now, which is a skill.

In the eyes of these literati, Qiu Ba does not pay attention to so much courtesy, righteousness and shame, they pay attention to a conscience. The general is good to us, even a girl dares to show the general's face, the general is good-tempered, we are not good-tempered.

So this tragedy happened, and it happened right under Zhang Ru's nose.

He listened to the words of the people's intercession, but he didn't remember it in his heart, if the bitter lord held on, even if the king of heaven Lao Tzu came, he couldn't pass the threshold of his conscience.

Although he read a lot of sages and sages when he was studying with the prince, Zhang Ru was a bhikshu and a man like those soldiers, and he paid attention to his conscience like those soldiers.

"What you say is not unreasonable, but the law is not merciful, whether it is military law or Daming law, this official can't find a reason to let Xu Yu." Zhang Ru turned his face to Cao Anu and said, "Unless this girl agrees not to pursue it, otherwise, the official can't do anything." ”

For a woman whose father has just been mourned, it is undoubtedly very cruel to force her to make a decision at this time.

Xu You interjected: "My lord, I will admit punishment for my sin, please don't embarrass her." ”

Zhang Ruqi said: "Don't you have a wife and concubine at home?" Why do you care so much about her? ”

Xu You said with a little sadness: "Back to my lord, it has been seven years since my beloved wife left at home, and Xu You has no wives and concubines now. ”

Zhang Ru asked again: "Do you have a child at home?" ”

Xu You smiled bitterly: "No child." ”

Zhang Ru muttered, "No wonder! His feelings are pitiful, and his crimes deserve to be punished! He deserves to be punished! ”

Cao Anu stopped sobbing, walked up to Zhang Ru with low eyebrows and said a blessing: "My lord Mingjian, my father is dead, and the investigation of this matter only makes Da Ming lose his loyalty, why don't you spare his life and kill a few more barbarians!" ”

The people's feelings are like this, even if she wants to kill Xu You again, she can't be ruthless. Moreover, a man is dead, and he who is dead cannot live.

There has always been an old man by Daddy Cao's side, and Zhang Ru thought he was researching, after all, this old man Li from Qizhou will have a very amazing grandson named Li Shizhen in the future, so Zhang Ru didn't care so much.

When the woman finished speaking, the people present cheered together, not for the successful resolution of this matter, but for Cao Anu's general knowledge.

Zhang Ru nodded slightly, and raised his voice: "The death penalty can be avoided, but the living crime cannot be escaped. In the future, if anyone in Liaodong Town dares to violate the discipline, they will not be spared! ”

Wooden poles were borrowed from the people's homes, and the wooden poles made of fine hawthorn wood were thick and heavy, and the most important thing was the explanation of this thing. Not to mention beating people, even hitting stones, there may not be cracks in one hundred and eighty strokes.

Xu You obediently lay on the prepared bench, in order to save face, his pants were not pulled off, and the two Zhang Ru's personal guards stepped forward with a flat pole and beat him.

The first stick went down, and Xu You frowned in pain.

The second stick went down, and the thick cotton pants were directly cracked.

The third stick, the fourth stick.

After more than a dozen sticks, Xu You's ass had already bloomed, but he still bit his lip desperately and didn't say a word.

Zhang Ru defined him in his heart, this is a man. So he quietly glanced at the executioner, and the two Jinyi guards who specialized in beating people in the Fusi of Jinyi Weibei Town naturally knew how to beat them so as not to hurt their muscles and bones, so the cane punishment in the back looked powerful, but in fact it was just a loud beating.

However, at this time, Xu You's buttocks had already bloomed, and even if it was touched lightly, it would be painful, not to mention making such a loud sound.

Fifty military sticks went down, Xu You's face was pale, his face was completely covered with sweat, the bun on his head was scattered, and his hair was close to his face, looking very embarrassed.

But he still struggled to stand up and salute Zhang Ru, and with the help of Ma San, who was released, he knelt down on one knee and saluted Zhang Ru with a very slow movement: "Thank you for the sin." Big. Person! ”

As soon as he finished speaking, the man who had been beaten with fifty military sticks and never said a word fainted directly.

Ma San threw a resentful white eye at Zhang Ru, and beckoned his brothers to help Xu You to rest, but before he could stand up, he heard a voice come into his ears: "Ma San, the initiator of everything is you, do you think this official will let you go like this?" ”

Ma San said angrily: "What do you want!" ”

Zhang Ru said coldly: "There are more so-called people like you in the world who repay their gratitude, so many generals will be ruined in the end." Even if the official has the heart to let you go, he has to ask the people of Liaodong if they agree! ”

Having saved Xu You, Gu Qian already felt extremely lucky, where could he still take care of Ma San's life or death, so he immediately expressed his support for Zhang Ru's decision: "Come on, take Ma San down, and behead him tomorrow to show the public!" ”

Ma San didn't show any flustery, even if he didn't do it at all, he just gently put Xu You in the hand of the robe next to him, and then knelt down and kowtowed to Xu You three times, and then sorted out the military uniform on his body: "Death is death!" Eighteen years later, Lao Tzu is a good man again. ”

Zhang Ru nodded solemnly: "Let's go!" Your family, this official takes care of you. ”

Hearing this, Ma San, who had already turned around, was shocked, and then strode away with the escorted soldiers.

The old man Li in Langzhong was still tinkering with the corpse, Xu You was lying on the stool with blood and flesh on his buttocks, the people had dispersed, Zhang Ru shouted at the old man Li: "Old Li, come and see this, don't worry about the dead one first." ”

Old man Li walked over slowly, stretched out his fingers to pick up the broken cotton wool and looked at it, and said without raising his eyelids: "This one is fine, that one is fine." ”