Chapter 220: Heaven Falls Apart (24)

All dynasties hated deserters, and the Great Zhao Dynasty was no exception.

The "Great Zhao Military Law" severely punishes deserters, and the deserter must die is an iron law in the "Great Zhao Military Law".

"Congratulations...... Congratulate...... General He spares his life. The deserter battalion will grab the ground with his head, and said with a handful of snot and tears, "I have a family, an old father and a mother, and a wife and children, I ...... I...... I don't want to die. ”

Damn, can't you change some new lines with such old-fashioned lines? He Tengxiao looked disdainful.

"No one has jumped out of the cracks in the stones, and there is not a single one of the people here who has no parents, wives and children. I spared you, but the people of Beizhili can't spare you! He Tengxiao was unmoved, these deserters could not be killed, but the military attache among the deserters was found out and executed, He Tengxiao could still do it.

He Tengxiao waved his hand and motioned to drag it down.

The voice of the deserter battalion general echoed in He Tengxiao's ears, and He Tengxiao ignored it.

"All the military attachés above the general flag in the deserters were arrested and executed on the spot." He Tengxiao explained to Chang Qing.

Chang Qing received the order to find out all the military attachés above the general flag among the deserters.

The number of military attachés above the general flag who were pulled out was as high as 50 or 60. This is still a deserter officer who has only been found in one place of the Jinmen guard, and the situation in other places must not be much better.

Fifty or sixty military attachés who were arrested shouted for mercy.

He Tengxiao was unmoved, and these deserter officers were unpressed under the city wall, facing the city wall.

Evergreen felt very new to this method of executing deserters. In the past, when dealing with deserters, it was a direct knife when caught. However, He Tengxiao came up with the method of executing the deserter with a gun, Chang Qing felt that it was a bit excessive, it was better to be happy with a knife, save money and trouble, and wipe the knife afterwards, and there was nothing to do. Execution with a firearm also wastes gunpowder and bullets, which are piled up with silver, and it is not worth wasting on these scumbags.

"General, what kind of execution is this, isn't the execution all executions, how can it be solved with a fire gun like this, and it wastes gunpowder and bullets!" Chang Qing didn't understand why He Tengxiao executed the deserter in this way, and asked, "Solve it with a firecracker, is this still a top behead, and the beheading needs to be done with a knife." ”

Chang Qing also ignored the trembling deserter officers not far behind him, waved the knife in his hand, and the deserter officer behind him panicked when he saw the bright knife in Chang Qing's hand. Several timid military attaches even urinated incontinence, and a stench wafted through the air.

He Tengxiao and Chang Qing both smelled this stench, and with a look of disgust, they shook the knife in their hands, and these pus were scared like this?

"It's not a killing!" He Tengxiao corrected very seriously, "This is a shooting!" ”

He Tengxiao's mouth often pops up with some fresh words that Changqing has never heard of, and Changqing, who is He Tengxiao's personal guard, follows He Tengxiao all the year round, and he is no longer surprised by this.

The term shooting was born in the winter of the fourteenth year of Zhenyuan, when He Tengxiao executed deserters by the Jinmen guards, and since then, shooting has become a new way of execution.

Since He Tengxiao wants to execute these deserters in this way, it is inconvenient for Chang Qing to say anything, as a subordinate, just follow the wishes of his boss. Aside from feeling sorry for the gunpowder and bullets, Chang Qing had no reason to object to He Tengxiao's execution in such a strange way...... No, it should be called shooting.

Fifty or sixty deserter military attachés stood facing the city walls, and Chang Qing selected the same number of musketeers to be executed.

Before the execution, the firecracker stood up according to Lin Junchen's password and set up the team, Changqing's main duty was to be He Tengxiao's bodyguard, and he didn't know much about the new orders in the barracks, Lin Junchen was an officer of a hundred households at the grassroots level, and it was his job to train recruits. In this regard, Lin Junchen is much more familiar than Chang Qing.

The refugees were baffled by the strange practices of the black-clad sergeants and their generals, but they applauded the execution of the deserters. On the way to escape, in addition to the private armed forces of the Hao clan bullying them, there were also these deserters who suffered a thousand knives.

Loading, loading, tamping, aiming, ignition.

Under Lin Junchen's order, the executioners walked smoothly and completed this series of actions very skillfully.

These actions are the most basic training of the firecrackers, He Tengxiao is very strict with the training of the firecrackers, these actions are not only required to be done, but also everyone must do it quickly and well, all the actions are not up to standard, all the military salaries will be deducted, because they are linked to the military salary, even if it is ordinary training, the firecrackers of the Xiao cavalry battalion do not dare to relax.

In the cavalry battalion, you have to become a firecracker in the end, and only after passing the assessment can you become a firecracker, and you can only get the salary of a regular soldier, but the assessment can only continue training, and the salary you get can only be the salary of a recruit. There is a big gap between the salaries of the recruits of the cavalry battalion and the salaries of the regular soldiers.

In order to get more military salaries as soon as possible, the new soldiers were particularly active during training.

The refugees and the wealthy among the refugees also looked at it. The firearm is one of the common standard weapons in the Dazhao Zhen army. Ordinary people can also see the town army using firearms.

However, in their eyes, the firecrackers are just a simple casting of firearms, a kind of unskilled troops.

The black-clad sergeant in front of them changed their preconceived notions and subverted their image of the firecrackers. It turns out that the firecrackers can still train like this.

The performance of the fire soldiers also made Liu Shu feel steady, and Liu Shu firmly believed that He Tengxiao's Qinwang military army was a strong army! It's a team to rely on!

Although the general of the Jinmen guard battalion hated He Tengxiao, after seeing the performance of He Tengxiao's firecrackers, he had to admire the elite of the firecrackers in the Xiaocai battalion, and had to admit that He Tengxiao did have a hand in training.

This was the first time that the Cavalry Battalion Gunners had shown their faces to the outside world, and they felt the admiring glances of the refugees and other soldiers who were watching around them. At this moment, there is a sense of pride that spreads throughout their bodies, and all the suffering and sweat they have suffered during training is worth it. At least in this moment, they were rewarded.

The shooting distance of the execution is forty steps (one step in the Da Zhao measurement unit is about 1.5 meters, the ancient step is not the step we have today, the step in our concept today is called the step in ancient times, and our two steps today are the ancient steps.) That's what it means. ), Forty Paces Designer Xiao Cavalry Battalion is an important part of the assessment of the firecrackers, which is the reason why He Tengxiao chose Forty Paces as the shooting distance for the execution.

The so-called 40-step shooting is to shoot at a fixed target at a distance of 40 steps, firing five times, three of the five shots are qualified, four of the five shots are good, and five of the five shots are excellent. This is the standard set by He Tengxiao for the fire insect disease of the Xiao Cavalry Battalion, and at least three out of five shots must be qualified to become the fire soldier of the Xiao Cavalry Battalion. (To be continued.) )