Chapter 280: Queue to receive punishment
Listening to Yu Jiayan's words, Zhu Youcheng had mixed feelings in his heart.
Some people beat Jiannu for revenge, because Jiannu slaughtered two million Ming people in Liaodong; Some people fight Jiannu in order to make meritorious achievements, because Jiannu is wreaking havoc on the frontier, and destroying them is the hero of the Ming Dynasty; Some people beat Jiannu in order to regain wealth, and Jiannu has been robbing professionally for 60 years (note: the old slave chief Nuer Ha Chi led Jiannu to the road of no return to robbery and wealth), accumulating a large amount of ill-gotten wealth, which is justified; But no one's purpose is as special as Yu Jiayan's purpose, he is actually for medical research.
Zhu Youcheng said: "Don't worry, in two years, I will definitely find trouble with Jiannu. When the time comes, all the captives will be under your control, and you will do whatever you like, and absolutely no one will stop you."
This is not that Zhu Youcheng casually comforted Yu Jiayan. This time, Jinyiwei went to the whole country to suppress bandits, all the soldiers have seen blood, and they are considered battlefield veterans, and their combat effectiveness will be greatly improved. 30,000 elites, even if Jiannu raises the power of the whole country to besiege it, it may not be able to take a big advantage.
Moreover, Zhu Youcheng's ideal Jinyi guard is an all-firearms light cavalry. Horses are not difficult to do, the original horses of Jinyiwei, plus the horses captured during the battle of Juehua Island, and then buy some, it should be able to do one person and one horse. The dawn of fast production of firearms has appeared, and Song Yingxing's steelmaking technology has greatly improved the production of the Ordnance ⊕ Factory, and in two years, it is completely possible for everyone to have guns and grenades. At that time, it's not like you can abuse Jiannu as much as you want.
A few people talked for a while, and the flood gradually decreased, so Zhu Youcheng let the brocade guards in the water go ashore. Let them follow the flow of the flood and look for the remains of the fallen warriors of the Jinyi Guard.
This time, the rebels blew up the embankment, but the damage caused was not great, and there were only six Jinyi guards who were swept away by the flood, and Zhu Youcheng rescued two more. Only four warriors were killed.
Seeing that the water flow on the mountain was gradually disappearing, Zhu Youcheng led the vanguard troops up the mountain to meet the hundred households led by Yan Kuan, and King Xin was crowded in the vanguard troops without any suspense.
Going up the mountain, everyone was stunned by the bloody scene in front of them. I saw that the corpses on the top of the mountain were criss-crossed, all over the wilderness, and the blood stained the ground red. Let's take a step. I feel that the soles of my shoes are sticky, and I can even hear the soft sound of "bang" when I lift my feet, as if I am stepping on glue
Hua Qingfeng saw Zhu Youcheng coming over and gave a military salute. Before he could speak, he saw the person behind him, Hua Qingfeng didn't care about etiquette, hugged that person, and cried bitterly - the person behind Zhu Youcheng was Yan Kuan.
Many people. Many things are only precious when they are lost, so losing them and regaining them is the most exciting thing. Although Hua Qingfeng is an iron-blooded soldier, it is difficult to suppress his excitement under the agitation of the mood.
When Zhu Youcheng and King Xin saw this scene, they couldn't help but nodded, this is a comrade-in-arms, this is a brother. This is the brotherhood that is cemented with iron and blood.
Hua Qingfeng suddenly remembered that it was wartime, and he couldn't just care about brotherhood. forgot his obligations on the battlefield and hurriedly pleaded guilty to Zhu Youcheng.
Zhu Youcheng waved his hand and said, "Now that the battle is over, it's okay."
Originally, the battlefield situation should have been reported to Zhu Youcheng by Baihu, but halfway through the battle, Yan Baihu was swept away by the flood. The person who knows the battlefield best now is Hua Qingfeng, the deputy hundred. Therefore, Hua Qingfeng began to introduce the process and results of this battle to Zhu Youcheng.
When he heard that the Yiren defenders held their positions, would rather die than surrender, and were completely annihilated by the Jinyi guards, Zhu Youcheng's face was ugly. "Is that really the case?"
Hua Qingfeng's heart was beating wildly, he couldn't understand the matter of killing prisoners after the war, but he still gritted his teeth and insisted: "It's true, all the Jinyi guards on the scene can testify."
Zhu Youcheng said coldly: "Don't you change your words?"
Hua Qingfeng had a bad heart, but he still insisted on not changing the content of the report.
Zhu Youcheng's face sank, and he said: "Come on, pull Hua Qingfeng down and blame the ten army sticks!"
King Xin, Yan Kuan, and a group of military attachés all stepped forward to plead, and Zhu Youcheng's reply was: "Pull it down, immediately, immediately."
Left and right were helpless, so they had to pull Hua Qingfeng down and beat the ten army sticks hard.
After beating the ten military sticks, Hua Qingfeng couldn't stand up and was put in front of Zhu Youcheng by the guards.
"Do you know why this officer should punish you with ten military sticks?"
"Yes, it's because I let the soldiers kill the prisoners."
"No, what is that spinner? Betraying the Ming Dynasty is a sinner, and even if it is cut with a thousand cuts, it will be difficult to atone for his sins. Punish the Jinyi Guards for their deaths, did I break my head?"
Hua Qingfeng asked suspiciously, "Then why did you punish me with ten military sticks?"
Zhu Youcheng said earnestly: "Beating you today is to teach you a lesson. No matter what big or small things are in the brocade guard, good things or bad things, you must sue me and don't hide it. No official, including himself, wants his subordinates to hide something from him. As the commander of the Jinyi Guard, this official must know the whole situation of the Jinyi Guard. Of course, I know that you are hiding the killing of the prisoners today out of good intentions, and you are worried that your official and King Xin will be held accountable by the imperial court."
Hua Qingfeng and the soldiers beside him nodded their heads together.
Zhu Youcheng's face turned pale, and he said angrily: "Confused, stupid!" What are you killing prisoners doing without me? I'm not the Imperial Historian, so will I go to the court and impeach myself for killing prisoners? If you hide it from me, it will only make things worse. The official knows about this matter, and will prepare in advance to control the danger of the matter to the minimum. And if this official doesn't know about this matter, when the court asks about the crime, I will be caught off guard and will be taken care of by those idle officials in the court. Maybe you want to say, what's the big deal, it's a big deal. [,! A good man is good at doing things."
Hua Qingfeng and the soldiers nodded in unison.
Zhu Youcheng said: "You guys are wrong again. Are you qualified to accept your guilt? Princes of the court, they know who you are, and where do you have time to trouble you. In the end, this matter will fall on me and the king. What you do wrong will become a dark arrow to me and to the king."
This time it was the turn of King Shin to nod his head.
Zhu Youcheng's voice was not loud, but in the ears of Hua Qingfeng and the soldiers he led, it was like a thunderbolt from the sky.
Their hearts trembled, and they couldn't imagine that their kind actions were so dangerous to the two adults, so they couldn't help but kneel down together and make amends to the two adults.
Zhu Youcheng looked at the soldier's sincere plea, sighed, and asked, "Have you realized your mistakes?"
The soldiers replied in unison, "I have recognized it, please punish my lord."
Zhu Youcheng said: "Deputy Hua Baihu has already received ten military sticks, you are his subordinates, the punishment is halved, and you can find the law enforcement team to receive five military sticks."
The soldiers stood up and went to the law enforcement team to ask them to punish themselves.
There was a long queue in front of the law enforcement team, which was also a spectacle. The people in line are not rushing to buy some scarce resources, but to receive punishments.
King Xin asked quietly, "Brother Cheng, how do you know that Yan Kuan's hundred households have been killed?"
Zhu Youcheng replied softly: "This is not obvious, we have all seen the will to fight, and it is basically crushed at the touch of a button. Even if it were An Bangyan's personal guards guarding the laketop at the top of the mountain, they would not have the courage to fight to the last soldier, and at least half of the rebels would surrender to the Jinyi Guard."
King Xin nodded and said, "Yes, when I heard Hua Qingfeng's report, I always felt a strange feeling in my heart, and now I have finally found what the problem is."
Zhu Youcheng continued: "Since I have doubts in my heart, I can't help but observe a little more carefully, and now many corpses have traces of binding on their hands, indicating that these people were tied up before they died, and this is ironclad evidence of killing prisoners."
"Brother Cheng, have you dealt with it yet, there won't be boring people staring at us."
"I'm not afraid to target us, we're all copper-skinned and iron-clad, biting and breaking his big teeth. Besides, it was Zhu Xieyuan's men and horses who followed us this time, and they would not eat the ancients. But just prepared, I have hastily dealt with the scene, the water of the large lake on the top of the mountain has not flowed away, and there is still more than two meters of deep water left. I threw all the suspicious corpses in. Now it's hot, and in a few days, the corpse will decompose, and by then, even the gods won't see any problems."
King Xin is actually a person who is very afraid of trouble, and after hearing that Zhu Youcheng has already dealt with the problem, he smiled reassuringly.
Zhu Youcheng turned his head and asked Hua Qingfeng: "Have you interrogated clearly, where is the position and how many troops are there?"
Hua Qingfeng shook his head and said, "Lord Zhu, I'm sorry, I didn't have time to ask. Otherwise, I'll send someone to scout?"
"Forget it, after receiving the baton, your soldiers are all wounded, how can you go out to reconnoitre?"
"My lord, why don't you let me scout." A burly brocade guard said loudly.
Zhu Youcheng fixed his eyes and saw that it was Wang Feng, a scout who had repeatedly made military exploits during the Battle of Juehua Island.
Zhu Youcheng nodded, Wang Feng gave a military salute, turned around and strode towards the bottom of the mountain. (To be continued).