As for what the Taiping Army did in Padang County, Sima Ju obviously could not deal with it as innocent of those who did not know.

At this moment, he also knew that he had committed a heinous crime, Sima Ju was so frightened that he couldn't stand on his knees, and he didn't even dare to raise his head.

The soldiers who followed Sima Ju on the school field also showed a little unbearable, but they still looked at Guo Jia nervously to see how he treated Sima Ju.

"Xu Chu!"

Closing his eyes and calling out Xu Chu in a deep voice, Guo Jia let tears slide down his cheeks.

Xu Chu stood beside Sima Ju, who was kneeling on the ground, and waited for the dispatch.

"Sima Ju is not strict under the rule, and he connived at his subordinates to bully the people, according to the military discipline I set after entering Chengdu, how should I deal with it?"

Xu Chu did not hesitate, and immediately said loudly: "Chop!" ”

The audience was in an uproar, and the school field, which had been silent, suddenly boiled, and the Yellow Turban soldiers who had followed Sima Ju for several years protested loudly.

"You can't kill the general!"

"The general's hard work and achievements are high, and the merits and demerits are worth it!"

"If you want to kill the general, even I will kill it!"

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Xu Chu, Dian Wei, Zhou Tai, and Xu Shu all looked at it with solemn expressions, at this time, the soldiers in the school field were excited, and the people under the handsome stage were already frightened into a ball, and they didn't dare to raise their heads, for fear of being taken out by those fierce soldiers, and Xu Chu Dian Wei's subordinates on the other side were all pressed on the handle of the knife, if there was really a mutiny, they would respond as soon as possible.

Suddenly opening his eyes, Guo Jia looked down at the soldiers who were shouting that they couldn't kill Sima Ju, and pointed with his big hand, facing the soldiers in the school field.

With an excited expression that could not be suppressed, Guo Jia roared angrily at them: "Ask yourself, why did you all defect to the Great Sage and Good Master in the first place? How many of you have been cornered by local tyrants, bullies, corrupt officials and corrupt officials? What did you join Taiping Road for? Is it to live the good life described by the great sages and good teachers for you, or is it to become a new local tyrant and bully to oppress the villagers? Who can stand up and tell me confidently that you are worthy of conscience for bullying men and women? ”

This roar was like a bell ringing, making the restless soldiers in the school field look ashamed, and they didn't dare to raise their heads to look at Guo Jia again.

Righteous words suppressed their arrogance, but Guo Jia still had to ignore the people, and continued to yell at them angrily: "What was the situation when you were going to fight back? In your hearts, do those who oppress you deserve to die? Now that you are oppressing others, should you die? If I let you go today, will it be tantamount to telling the Taiping Army in the entire Yizhou that we can wantonly bully the people, disregard human life, and destroy people's surnames? If you have sons and daughters, fathers and mothers, have you not thought that those who are oppressed by you will also rise up and rebel, and when the time comes, how much blood debt will your parents and children have to pay for you? Xu Chu, Dian Wei, lead your subordinates to cut down all these people for me! Chopped! Chopped! ”

At this time, Guo Jia looked a little crazy, and few of the soldiers who came to gather in a hurry under the school field were not armed at all, on the other hand, the soldiers brought by Xu Chu and Dian Wei were not only wearing armor and holding weapons in their hands, but also showed an extraordinary murderous aura.

Xu Chudian Wei Deling immediately walked towards the stage, Sima Ju raised his head with tears in his eyes, and kept kowtowing to Guo Jia and pleading: "Lord, there are thousands of mistakes, all the fault is my Sima Ju, it is my rule that is not strict, I have failed the lord, the lord wants to be punished, just punish me, please the lord go around them." ”

Huhulala, the soldiers of the entire school field knelt down towards Guo Jia, prostrate on the ground in panic, shouting words begging for mercy.

Xu Chudianwei couldn't care so much, and continued to walk towards the stage, and at this time, Xu Shu on the handsome stage came to Zhou Tai's side and urged in a low voice: "Go and plead!" ”

The indignant Zhou Tai couldn't wait to cut down this group of bastards immediately and pleaded for mercy? Anyway, from his heart, he would definitely not do this, but as soon as Xu Shu reminded him, Zhou Tai was a little enlightened, took a deep breath, put on a sad expression, and walked to Guo Jia's side, and knelt down as soon as his legs were weak, and shouted at Xu Chu and Dian Wei first: "General Xu, General Dian, please stay first!" ”

Turning his head again, Zhou Tai hugged his fists at Guo Jia and said astringently: "Lord, General Sima is indeed at fault, but he also has merit, the soldiers below were born and died together with the lord, and it was not easy to settle down in Yizhou, even if they are wrong, but the lord can't help but miss the old feelings." ”

Xu Chu and Dian Wei stopped, because Guo Jia cast a hidden look at the two of them before looking at Zhou Tai, and they understood that Guo Jia asked them not to do anything first.

But Guo Jia looked at Zhou Tai and said word by word: "Zhou Tai!" Are you going to ignore the discipline I have set? ”

Zhou Tai fell to the ground in fear and said loudly: "Zhou Tai doesn't dare, Zhou Tai doesn't dare, but the lord, ordinary soldiers live a hard life, and when they are hungry only on food, most of their mistakes are a mistake of one thought, and they stumble for a while, please be gracious." ”

Looking up again, Zhou Tai looked at the soldiers who had already shown gratitude to him in the audience and said loudly: "Lord, I also govern the army, I know their suffering, charge into battle, attack the city, and risk their lives to help the lord win the battle, but most of the credit is the generals, they are the biggest heroes of the lord, the lord governs the army strictly, the order is forbidden, I dare not forget for a while, now the lord wants to punish the soldiers, then please let me be punished on behalf of the soldiers, the lord wants to cut off their heads, cut off mine, If the lord wants to beat them with a stick, let it be on me. ”

The soldiers under the handsome stage felt guilty but had tears in their eyes, and Zhou Tai stepped forward to intercede for them, even risking death to protect them, which was enough to make them grateful and virtuous.

"Lord, General Zhou is right, Lord, attacking Yizhou, on the surface, our generals have the greatest credit, but in fact, without them, without those dead soldiers, how can we have merit." Sima Ju also followed Zhou Tai's words at this time, wanting to intercede for his soldiers.

Guo Jia showed a little struggle, and said bitterly: "The living crime can be avoided, but the death crime cannot be escaped, Zhou Tai, if you are willing to be punished for them, take a hundred military sticks, Dian Wei, you do it yourself!" ”

Zhou Tai bowed to Guo Jia fearlessly, and said: "Thank you for the lord's public kindness, and there is another matter to ask the lord to be gracious, General Sima is a meritorious minister, please also open the net." ”

After speaking, Zhou Tai got up and went down to lead the army, and before he said the last word, Xu Shu had already walked back from Dian Wei's side and instructed Dian Wei's subordinates to pay attention to proportion.

Dian Wei's huge strength is amazing, but the ability to control the strength is also a must, if Xu Chu is replaced, it is estimated that most of Zhou Tai's life will be suspended.

And here, Sima Ju burst into tears, kneeling beside Guo Jia in a hesitation, and I don't know if Guo Jia will promise Zhou Tai to forgive him.

Guo Jia's tears welled up again, and he personally held Sima Ju's arms, and while helping him up, he said something sincerely in a gentle tone.

"General Sima, you are a man who stands up to the sky, and you will definitely not be greedy for life and afraid of death. If I kill you, how can I be worthy of the great sage and good teacher? Thinking back then, when the great sage and good teacher were determined to let all the people in the world live and work in peace and contentment, he mentioned you to me several times, saying that you could help him benefit the people together. Without your assistance, how could I lead an army to capture Yizhou? How can the people of Taiping Dao come to Yizhou to live and work in peace and contentment? You have done a lot of work, how can I be willing to kill you? Although the people of Patong County have complained about me now, none of this is your fault, I shouldn't have let you come here, it was my misuse of people, and I should be punished and punished myself, and it has nothing to do with you. General Sima, you are a dignified man, a hero, and an exemplary example in the army, but please say that you will be strict with military discipline in the future, and don't let me down again, let the late great sages and good teachers disappoint again, and let the people of the world down. ”

Sima Ju's face was bloodless, looking at Guo Jia sluggishly, only to see Guo Jia's sad but caring look, shame, humiliation, self-blame, guilt and other complex emotions surging from the bottom of his heart like a torrent.

Guo Jia's words, several key points kept flashing in his mind.

greedy for life and afraid of death, a great virtuous and good teacher, disappointed by public expectations, improper employment, and unclear military discipline......

Thinking of the kindness of the great teacher Zhang Jiao to him, thinking of Guo Jia's expectations of him, thinking of what he had done, and thinking of the grievances and blood and tears of the people under the handsome stage, Sima Ju was shocked, and he was just helped up, but his legs were weak and he knelt down.

The sloppy gaze suddenly condensed into a resolute color, Sima Ju stretched his neck, lowered his head and gritted his teeth, and said loudly: "Lord! Sima has a negative lord, a great sage and a good teacher, what face does he have to live in the world? If I don't die, how can I be worthy of these suffering people? Lord! Please give me a death! ”

Guo Jia burst into tears, trembling his hands and wanted to help Sima Ju, but he just refused, Guo Jia persuaded: "General Sima, why are you doing this?" Mistakes have been made, can you bring back to life those unjustly dead people when you die? ”

Thinking of the people who died because of his indulgence of his subordinates, Sima Ju said more resolutely: "Lord, Sima Ju's death is not a pity, so that the grievances of those people can be redressed, Sima Ju will be satisfied, lord, do it!" ”

This time, the soldiers under the handsome stage did not plead, but looked at Sima Ju with a reverent gaze, and they were also full of guilt.

A cold glint flashed in his eyes blurred by tears, Guo Jia took a deep breath, drew his saber and slashed into the air, his movements were completed in one go, without the slightest stagnation.

Sima Ju's head rolled down the platform, and the headless corpse fell to the ground, blood gushing out of his neck.

Turning around and walking off the platform, Guo Jia left the school under the escort of Xu Chu, and the soldiers behind him surrounded Sima Ju's body and cried loudly.

After taking the white silk handed by Xu Shu to wipe his tears, Guo Jia ordered expressionlessly: "After Zhang Yan's 30,000 troops arrived, Zhou Tai brought back 10,000 soldiers under his command, and at the same time took over the soldiers under Sima Ju to sit in Badong, and all the soldiers recruited were released back to the township, so that Zhou Tai could strictly guard against Jingzhou. ”

Xu Shu was about to leave after receiving the order, but Guo Jia called him again, holding a white silk in his hand and constantly wiping the cold sweat on his face, Guo Jia's whole body was uncomfortable, and his mind was a little heavy at this time, but he still said in a deep voice: "Send someone to Fuling County, Jiangyang County Zhang Baiqi and Xu He to report the news of my defeat in Jingzhou and the beheading of Sima Ju in Badong, remember, only report the results, and the process will say that I don't know, in addition, send two more people, one way to Chengdu to report, let Zhicai lead Gao Shun to strictly prevent rebellion, and the other way to Gan Ning, Zitong County, Let him immediately lead the army back to Chengdu! Fast! ”

After saying the last word, Guo Jia's body suddenly softened, Xu Chu hurriedly hugged him, reached out and touched Guo Jia's forehead, and said to Xu Shu anxiously: "Military advisor, the lord is hot, it seems that he is not lightly ill." ”

Xu Shu is not a doctor, so he can only hurry up to ask for a doctor, and prepare a carriage, and after Zhang Yan's army converges, they will rush back to Chengdu together.

The people and horses who reported the news from the four roads had been dispatched, and Xu Shu knew that Guo Jia was trying to provoke Xu He and Zhang Baiqi.

If the two are loyal to Guo Jia and get these two news, they will definitely not rebel, but if the two have ghosts in their hearts, it will be difficult to say.