Chapter 40: Dig a pit for you to jump
Yang Hao didn't expect that on the first day he served as a lieutenant of the Zan Military Academy, he made two great achievements in a row.
The first is the capture of Han Yue, the former general of Zuojin Wuwei, who was hiding in Chongrenfang. Han Yue hid in the house of Zhang Baishun, the former Shangshu Zuo Cheng, who was robbed twice. After the palace change, Zhang Baishun was dismissed, his home was ransacked twice by rebels and bandits, and his wife and mother were lost in the chaos. Zhang Baishun has been crazy since then, he sat at the door with his hair disheveled, and ran over to cry when he met someone.
Yang Hao rushed to the left army, first went to pay homage to Hu Longhai, the general of the unified army, and then returned to the camp in a daze, and several subordinates did not recognize it completely, and a small colonel came to report, saying that he had found traces of Han Yue, a prisoner of Qin, in Chongrenfang. Everyone complimented Yang Hao as a lucky general, and he had a great contribution to take office just now, and they suggested that Yang Hao personally take someone to arrest Han Yue, as the first fire burned after the new official took office.
Yang Hao couldn't refuse, so he had to order the brigade commander Zhang Yi to lead people to surround Chongrenfang, and when he arrived, Zhang Yi had already pushed Han Yue out of a big tie, and he didn't see him for a few days, Han Yue seemed to be ten years old, his beard was white, and he had lost a lot of weight.
"Put a garment on him." Yang Hao felt a pain in his heart.
"Hey, this kind of person, it's not a pity to kill with a thousand knives, the captain is too kind of a woman." Zhang Yi sneered, quite disapproving. Zhang Yi was in his thirties, and he had worked hard in the army for many years before he became the commander of the Seventh Rank Brigade, and he had a lot of complaints about this top boss who became a captain of the Zan Military Academy at the age of sixteen.
"Frozen to death, do you eat the guilt?" Yang Hao suppressed the anger in his heart and said lightly.
"Okay, put a leather jacket on him, don't fucking freeze to death." Zhang Yi shouted uncleanly.
"Yang Hao, you soft bones who recognize thieves as fathers, you can't die a good death if you lose your conscience."
Abusing Yang Hao was the former Jinwu guard Cao joined the army Liang Hai, Liang Hai was Han Yue's brother-in-law, and his sister was Zhang Baishun's wife.
"Criticism! Criticism! Zhang Yi scolded viciously, snatched a mace from the soldier's hand and greeted him.
"Criticizing the mouth" is a kind of criminal law in the army to punish soldiers who violate the prohibition order on the march and talk at will, simply put, it is to use a thin piece of bamboo to suck people's mouths, and the beating will make your heart hurt, but it will not seriously hurt.
"Stop!" Yang Hao shouted, and hurriedly got off his horse to stop him.
Zhang Yi glared at him fiercely, but he didn't hear it, and he picked up his mace to look at Liang Hai's mouth and beat it down. Liang Hai's teeth were gone, his mouth was full of blood, and he passed out.
"This kind of small character can't ask anything." Zhang Yi grinned wryly, his mouth full of black teeth.
Yang Hao trembled with anger, he wanted to give Zhang Yi a few slaps, but in the end he held back.
Zhang Baishun was also tied up with five flowers, and harboring Qin was naturally a capital crime.
"Everyone came to see, this is the fate of harboring Qin's criminals." On the way back to the camp of the Shence Army, Zhang Yi asked the soldiers to lead Zhang Baishun, beating gongs and shouting as they walked. The sound of the gong attracted a lot of onlookers, and everyone pointed and discussed, but there was no lively scene of throwing the prisoners with melons and vegetables, but some people showed sympathy for Han Yue's people.
Yang Hao felt that many people were laughing at him, he kept biting his lip and lowering his head, not daring to meet everyone's gaze. Regarding Zhang Yi's behavior of parading people in the streets, Yang Hao felt disgusted and helpless. It was Qiu Shiliang's decision to lead the Qin prisoners through the streets, and all the Qin prisoners could parade through the streets after they were arrested, so as to deter their remnants.
Han Yue walked tremblingly in front of Yang Hao. Zhang Yi also wanted to pull him out to parade in the streets, but was vetoed by Yang Hao, Yang Hao's reasons are very sufficient: Han Yue is the mastermind of the palace change, and he knows a lot of inside information, and those chaotic parties who have slipped through the net will inevitably kill people in order to protect themselves, and it is too risky to pull him out to parade on the street. Zhang Yi was frightened by this kind of rhetoric, and he didn't dare to move.
When passing by the south gate of Yongxingfang, a cold arrow suddenly shot out of the crowd of onlookers, and the arrow flew past Yang Hao's ear. The Assassin fired an arrow, lost his bow and ran into Yongxingfang, where the guards swarmed in pursuit. Moments later, the guards escorted the Assassin back. The assassin claimed to be a pawn of Jing Zhaoluo, surnamed Wang Errong, and when he saw Yang Hao gritting his teeth, he scolded with righteous and stern words, impassionedly, and there was a commotion in the crowd of onlookers who were scolding, and some people actually echoed him.
Zhang Yi was furious, waved his troops to catch the people who were in agreement, and everyone dispersed when they saw that the situation was not good. Yang Hao asked Wang Errong: "Who instructed you?" Wang Errong sneered: "Kill you a traitor, do you still use someone else's instructions?" A villain like you who sells his friends and seeks glory, everyone will be punished! Yang Hao's heart was like a knife when he heard this, and he had become a traitorous villain who betrayed his friends and sought glory, and everyone was punished. The comrades of the Thorn Horse Battalion must hate him more than they hate Qiu Shiliang at this moment.
Zhang Yi didn't believe Wang Errong's words, he tied Wang Errong to an elm tree on the side of the street, whipped and whipped him, this Wang Errong was also a soft bone, only received a few whips, and confessed that someone had indeed instructed him, and confessed that the person who instructed him was hiding in Yongxingfang. Zhang Yi was overjoyed when he heard this, and Yang Hao sensed that something was wrong, so he also brought someone to follow.
Yongxingfang, like Chongrenfang, the people who live there are all nobles in the court. Wang Errong led everyone to the door of Si Nongqing Duan Yizhi's mansion, and identified the person who instructed him to hide in the mansion. Duan Yizhi is a contemporary Confucian, a veteran of the Three Dynasties, and a protΓ©gΓ© and former officials all over the world. When Li Ang was the king of Jiang, he worshipped him as a teacher to learn "Zhou Yi", and after inheriting the unification, he respected him even more.
Zhang Yi pushed down the Duan Mansion housekeeper who tried to stop him, and went straight in. At this time, he also did not return to the court, and there was only his old wife Wang at home, Zhang Yi ignored Wang's obstruction, and commanded the soldiers to search inside and out. In the cellar in the backyard of Duan Mansion, Hou Yong and Guan Chen, the former dragoon guards were accidentally found.
Zhang Yi came to lock up the Wang family again, but Yang Hao saw that the Wang family was old and frail, so he didn't allow it. Zhang Yi sneered: "Shangguan Mo has forgotten the ancient adage of 'fighting a snake and not dying'. Duan Yizhi is an old minister of the Three Dynasties, let's raid his home, if we don't knock him down, and when he recovers, is there still a way for you and me to live? β
Yang Hao was shocked when he heard this, and it was only at this time that he understood Qiu Shiliang's true intention of wanting to serve as a lieutenant of the Zan Military Academy, he wanted to use himself as a gun, specifically to deal with old ministers like Duan Yizhi. These people have deep roots, and they have not directly participated in the palace change, and if they rashly get rid of them, they will inevitably have endless troubles in the future. And let yourself come forward to clean them up, and in the future this account will be recorded on the heads of yourself and the Thorn Horse Battalion.
Zhang Yi was about to take the Wang lock away, when he heard Yang Hao say coldly: "If I can't take it, I'm not allowed to take it." Is it up to you or am I up to me? Yang Hao made up his mind in his heart, as long as Zhang Yi dared to disobey the order, he would immediately resign from his armor and resign, and he would not play with you. Zhang Yiyin froze there, and the soldiers also stood stiffly.
"Naturally, Shangguan is the biggest here. Release people. After a moment of stalemate, Zhang Yi gave in, and Yang Hao couldn't help but feel a little disappointed.
After returning to the camp of the Left Army, Zhang Yi began to interrogate Hou Yong and Guan Chen, forcing the other dragoons to question where they were hiding. Hou and Guan are both tough guys, and they still can't pry their mouths open after all kinds of torture tools are used. As a last resort, Zhang Yi had to consult the judge Wu Chen, and Wu Chen came up with a plan to let Zhang Yi implement the law.
After Zhang Yi came back, the two were separated, Zhang Yi personally interrogated Hou Yong, and after a while, a small colonel came in and whispered a few words in his ear, Zhang Yi said with a happy face: "Your good brother Guan Chen has confessed, and I don't need you anymore." Then he shouted, "Drag this man out and behead him." Hou Yong was shocked when he heard this, and hurriedly said: "He doesn't know what I know, and I don't know what he knows." You keep me from dying, I'll tell you all. β
Zhang Yi sneered: "Tell me, if you have the slightest concealment, I will not spare you." Hou Yong no longer concealed it, and confessed the hiding place of the dragoon guards he knew. Zhang Yi immediately sent someone to arrest him, and an hour later, everyone was taken. Zhang Yi took the newly captured person to see Guan Chen, and Guan Chen saw that Hou Yong had already confessed, so he also opened his mouth to confess.
Zhang Yi grabbed all the 33 dragoons hiding in various squares of Chang'an City in the second half of the night. Zhang Yi handed over all the confessions to Yang Hao and asked Yang Hao to ask Hu Longhai, the general of the unified army, for a reward. Yang Hao couldn't shirk it, so he pulled Zhang Yi to go with him, Zhang Yi refused in his heart, but he was caught by Yang Hao and couldn't get out. Hu Longhai was overjoyed when he heard this, and immediately took Yang Hao, Zhang Yi and the confessions of the criminals to see Qiu Shiliang.
Qiu Shiliang looked happy after reading the confession, and rewarded Zhang Yi with 500 taels of gold on the spot, and promoted him to Huazhou town general. Zhang Yi was overjoyed and thanked him. Qiu Shiliang asked Yang Hao: "Your credit is greater than Zhang Yi's, what reward do you want to get?" Yang Hao said: "The lowly post has just arrived, and the credit this time is all Zhang Yi's, and the lowly post does not dare to be greedy." β
Hu Longhai smiled: "So I don't have an inch? Zhang Yi is your subordinate, and his credit is your credit. The Protector has always had clear rewards and punishments, so whatever you want, just say it. β
Yang Hao said: "I am willing to defend the frontier for national merit." β
Hu Longhai pursed his lips and motioned for Yang Hao to quickly change his words. Yang Hao pretended not to see it. Qiu Shiliang pondered for a moment and replied: "Young people are not greedy for happiness and wealth, and they are willing to gallop on the battlefield to serve the country, which is a good thing and worthy of praise. However, your errand was approved by His Majesty, and you left suddenly, for fear that it would not be appropriate. Well, you stay for a while. Wait for me to make a decision on Your Majesty. I will remember the credit for this time first, and reward you with your majesty's grace later. β
Qiu Shiliang rejected himself, which confirmed from the side that what he was thinking was not wrong, Yang Hao was sure that he was using himself as a gunman, using his special identity to do something that was inconvenient for them.
That night, Hu Longhai convened a meeting of the army generals and schools, one was to pick up the wind for Yang Hao, and the other was to bid farewell to Zhang Yi, who was about to go to Huazhou.
Halfway through the banquet, eight soldiers suddenly walked into the lobby and divided into two teams to stand behind Yang Hao and Zhang Yi.
Yang Hao was shocked and asked why, Hu Longhai replied: "The remnants of the chaotic party have not been cleared, and now that the two of you have taken the Han covenant and cleared the dragoon guards, how can the chaotic party be willing to give up?" These eight heroes are among the best in the Iron Army, and they were specially sent by the Qiu Protector to protect the two of you. β
Zhang Yi got up and thanked him loudly: "Zhang Yi is full of liver and brain, and swears allegiance to the Lord of the Protectors!" Before he could finish speaking, a cold arrow suddenly shot from the dim corner of the room, and it actually pierced through the throat. At the same time, all the lights in the hall were suddenly extinguished, only the hissing sound of feather arrows breaking through the air and the screams of the wounded generals were heard, and the eight ironclad guards hurriedly withdrew from the hall with their bodies to protect Yang Hao.
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