Hearing the shouts of the soldiers of the Tiger Wing Battalion one after another, Liu Ziguang couldn't help but get angry, he suppressed his anger and waited for the arrival of reinforcements from the Death Battalion. Now there are hundreds of armed soldiers of the Tiger Wing Battalion in front of him, and if there is a mutiny, it will be troublesome, and it is not a big deal to kill them all, but his ability to manage the army will be questioned, and it will be a big matter of losing face.

When the Guizhou man saw General Liu in embarrassment, he pulled out his saber with a "cang" sound, put it on his neck and said: "General, since the day you rescued us from the slave camp, my life is yours, I won't embarrass you today, anyway, there is already a cushion, and it is worth it if I die." As he spoke, he wiped his neck.

"Put down the knife!" Liu Ziguang's voice was full of irresistible majesty: "Your life is mine, I haven't let you die yet, why are you in such a hurry?" ”

As he spoke, smoke and dust billowed in the distance, and the flames were soaring, and three hundred cavalrymen were outflanked by two wings with their helmets and arrows and spears in their hands, followed by two hundred hoplites, carrying torches under the banner of the death battalion. When they heard that their brothers were being bullied by the Iron Guards, they were immediately furious, armed as fast as they could, and under the leadership of several company commanders, they quickly rushed to help.

The soldiers of the Death Battalion in red robes surrounded the iron guards in black robes in the middle, their swords unsheathed, arrows wound, spears shining with cold light, and murderous faces under the light of pine oil torches.

The soldiers of the Tiger Wing Battalion came in a hurry, only with swords, the Thousand Households Fan of the Tiger Wing Battalion was strong, and the remaining officers had no backbone, and they did not dare to order a formation to defend, so they could only look at Liu Ziguang.

Seeing that his own person had arrived, Liu Ziguang had a bottom in his heart, and he pressed the handle of the knife and began to announce the result: "Those who pick quarrels and provoke troubles should be beheaded according to the law, since the guy who took the lead in making trouble is dead, then it will not be investigated, and the article on killing people in private fights does not apply to this, that refers to intentional homicide, and today's dead people are caused by mistakes, so they cannot be beheaded." Everyone present today has a share, one hundred who do it, and fifty who don't, let the military discipline team enforce it. ”

"We're not convinced!" A man who looked like a captain said indignantly, "Murder pays for life, it is justified, who are you?" Why protect the murderer? We want Fan Qianhu to administer justice! ”

"Fan Qianhu intends to rebel, and he has already been awarded the head, this is the current commander of the third battalion, Lord Liu, and he is also in charge of the Tiger Wing Battalion, so you will not kneel!" Hu Xianjue shouted on the side, he was afraid that this captain who didn't know the height of the sky would annoy Liu Ziguang and be cut off by the irascible general.

The soldiers knelt down under the officer's order, but the captain still twisted his neck and said stubbornly: "General Liu favors one over the other, and we still don't accept it!" ”

Liu Ziguang just wanted to make a move, but Li Yan, who had not spoken next to him, said softly: "The palms and backs of his hands are full of meat, if the general can level the bowl of water and give up the life of a man in exchange for the allegiance of the Tiger Wing Battalion, wouldn't everyone be happy." ”

It seems that this Li Yan is still sincere in giving advice for himself, a life in exchange for the convincing of a battalion of soldiers, no matter which general who is good at commanding the army, he will not hesitate to behead that gang, but Liu Ziguang is not a general at all, and he doesn't care about the loyalty of the Tiger Wing Battalion at all, in his heart, his brother's life is the most important thing, if the people of the Tiger Wing Battalion dare to mutiny, they will all be beheaded.

"Why do you say with the palm of your hand, that's right, the death camp is my palm, the Tiger Wing Battalion is just my nominal subordinate, these people have never seen me at all, they are Fan Jianqiang's palms are about the same, the guy fetches water for me to cook, the Tiger Wing Battalion pees upstream, that is, pees in my bowl, don't talk about them, I'm afraid I can't help but kill people even if I change the generals, right?" Liu Ziguang said.

"After all, the Tiger Wing Battalion has killed people, and we can't talk about it if we don't mean it, so it's okay." Liu Ziguang took out a slender dagger from his boots and threw it to the guy, "Open your eyes to the heroes of the Tiger Wing Battalion, let's have three knives and six holes." ”

The cook in Guizhou didn't say a word, took the dagger and pressed the tip of the knife on the thigh, wearing a few transparent holes on his body is an extremely challenging thing, the cook slaughtered dogs and pigs countless times, but he never used a knife on himself, look at General Liu, and then look at the hundreds of soldiers of the Tiger Wing Battalion who were kneeling on the ground and staring at him, he gritted his teeth, pressed his upper body, and stabbed the dagger into his thigh, the tip of the knife appeared from under the thigh, he suddenly pulled out the dagger, and a stream of blood came out, While the pain caused by the first knife had not spread to the whole body, the second and third knives were also pierced, with three knives and six holes, unambiguously. After the piercing, the cook threw away the knife, and fainted on the spot, his pants were stained red with blood, and the comrades around him hurriedly tore off the strips of cloth on his clothes to help him tie his thighs and bandage his wounds.

"Send it back for healing." Liu Ziguang said, this guy didn't embarrass him, he didn't lose his life from beginning to end, this injury should not lose his life, or even cripple, the cook is still very familiar with the bones and blood of the human body, and if he doesn't hurt the main artery, he will definitely be fine, the long dagger is used by Liu Ziguang to pull the latch and cut things, the blade is light and thin, extremely sharp, and the wound caused will not be very big, if he changes to another three-edged bayonet, I am afraid that he will die.

Three knives and six holes are the internal family law of the gangs in the rivers and lakes, and the iron guard is considered a private arm, and this set is still recognized. The soldiers fell silent when they saw this. The squad leader who led the trouble was still shouting: "Don't accept it!" Still dissatisfied, why is wearing red clothes worth more than the life of our Tiger Wing Battalion, three knives and six holes are just skin wounds, how can they sanitize the crime of killing people? It's not fair! ”

was nagged by him, and the soldiers began to make noise again, thinking that Liu Ziguang's punishment of murderers was too light, Li Yan sighed lightly, and said in an extremely low voice: "Reckless man", I don't know whether to say this squad leader or Liu Ziguang.

"Fair, what qualifications do you have to be fair? One brother in the death battalion can fight five Qing soldiers, how many can you fight? How many people in the Tiger Wing Battalion are stronger than them? This is the army, not the yamen, on the one hand, my brother who shares life and death, on the other hand, the guy who pees in my rice bowl, the guy who gathers the crowd to confront the official, why should I give you justice? Liu Ziguang looked directly into the eyes of the squad leader and said.

"Death camp!" Liu Ziguang shouted loudly.

"In!" The five hundred soldiers roared in unison, which shook everyone's eardrums.

"Take down all the officers and soldiers of the Tiger Wing Battalion present, beat them all with military sticks, and kill those who dare to resist on the spot!" Liu Ziguang ordered.

The officers above 100 generals of the Tiger Wing Battalion did not participate in the trouble, so they were exempt from the military sticks, without their leadership, the remaining soldiers had no leader, so they could only obediently put on their weapons, squatted on the ground under the tips of the guns of the Death Battalion, holding their heads in their hands, and the military discipline team counted the number, there were as many as 600 people, and all of them were soldiers of the Tiger Wing Battalion, and there were no people from other battalions.

"Fan Jianqiang's rule of the army is really indiscriminate." Liu Ziguang shook his head again and again, and said to the stubborn squad leader: "You are very kind, today I will give you a fair, do not need me to serve the people of the death camp with military sticks, and let the military discipline team enforce the law." ”

The establishment of the military discipline team is a division, a total of 100 people, 100 people beat 600 people's butts, obviously not enough manpower, can only come in turns, the first to be beaten are the soldiers on both sides involved in the brawl, this 100 military sticks are really strong, dozens of buttocks are open, the troublesome soldiers of the Tiger Wing Battalion scream one after another, but there is no life on the side of the death camp, it is not the military discipline team's favoritism, but they have been beaten too much in the past, and their temperament is already very tenacious.

After the first batch of military sticks were beaten, the beaten people could no longer walk, and the military discipline team was still very measured, and the beating was vicious, but it did not hurt their lives, but these people could not walk on the ground for many days.

Next, to fight those soldiers who gathered to make trouble, but did not start fighting, Liu Ziguang said before the execution: "There are still hundreds of people to fight below, you have to evenly distribute your physical strength." ”

Although the military discipline team is all strong men with big shoulders and round waists, each of them has to wield the military stick 600 times, and this physical exertion is quite large, and they cannot be hit hard first, and then lightly, so they average their strength to ensure that each soldier who is beaten is so painful that it touches the soul, and it is not impossible to move on the ground.

Zu Dashou, who returned to the camp late at night, sent Wu Sangui to inquire about the situation, Wu Sangui saw that General Liu was beating hundreds of people's military sticks, and he stared at them in shock.

After fighting for an hour, this military stick conference was finished, looking at the soldiers lying on the ground and their buttocks blooming, Liu Ziguang nodded with satisfaction, and shouted in his voice: "After this military stick is finished, the Liangzi of the Death Battalion and the Tiger Wing Battalion will be finished, whoever dares to talk about this again, no matter which battalion it is, I will not spare it!" ”

The soldiers hummed and chirped, but their ears were full of ears to listen to Liu Ziguang's speech, he continued: "From now on, I, Liu Ziguang, temporarily lead the Tiger Wing Battalion, you are also my brothers, I am the most righteous person, stand up for my own brothers, I firmly support, but I can't violate military discipline, so I want to beat your military sticks, the Tiger Wing Battalion brothers who are here today are all good buddies who are righteous, tomorrow all the holidays, let you recuperate, and each of you will be given another one or two silver, count me as rewarding your righteousness." ”

The soldiers are stupid, and they understand that they will be beaten when they make trouble, but they will be rewarded for making trouble, and they will not understand it, only the grassroots cadres who think they know how to lead the generals and the generals understand General Liu's intentions, which is called clear rewards and punishments, and give a slap to a date to eat. After I go back, I have to tell the soldiers that this General Liu is not an idle person.

The beaten soldiers helped each other back to the camp, and Liu Ziguang said to the generals: "The dead soldier is counted as he died in battle, and he will be given double pensions." Today, I can't rest so late, it's really a shame that I can't go, and I will feast you all to make amends for your sins another day. Let's go away and rest early. ”

The generals were busy saying that they didn't dare, and after saying goodbye to the generals, they went back in twos and threes, and they had to talk about the new leader on the road.

Seeing everyone leave, Liu Ziguang returned to the camp in a hurry, and went directly to the camp tent of the gangsters to visit everyone. The cook in Guizhou was still in a coma, and he had already taken Jinchuang medicine, changed into a clean gauze bandage, and lay quietly on the bed. The other men who were beaten were all veterans, and they knew that the general was partial to them, so they were grateful one by one, and they kept thanking Liu Ziguang while lying on the bed

Liu Ziguang said: "You did the right thing today, if you encounter bullying, you have to retaliate with a tooth for a tooth, no matter who the other party is, I have a big basket to bear, but you can't bully others, then I will punish you, the beaten brothers will be given 100 taels each, and they will have a 10-day holiday; Xiao Guizhou will pay 500 taels of medicine for injuries, and will be on vacation until the injury is healed. ”

Everyone was delighted, this military stick was worth it, a stick was a tael of silver, and they were happy to follow General Liu even if he was beaten.

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Early the next morning, Zu Dashou, the chief officer of the East Battalion, beat the drum and gathered the generals, and summoned more than 1,000 officers to the big tent to discuss matters, Liu Ziguang and Hu Xianjue took Li Yan and Wang Dahai to stand in the team, the iron guard did not belong to the official army series, it was purely a volunteer to participate in the war, so Zu Dashou was very polite to them, what happened yesterday Wu Sangui had already reported in detail, for the internal problems of the people, Zu Dashou was not interested in asking, he was interested in the 1,500 heads, this pile of people who were about to stink was just a decoration for Liu Ziguang, For the officers and soldiers, it is a treasure of real money and an ironclad evidence for evaluating military exploits.

Zu Dashou first praised the bravery and good fighting of the death camp, and then expressed concern about the fact that so many heads were placed at the gate. Unsightly is secondly, just in the spring, it is not good to be infected with diseases, so it is better to hand them over to the officers and soldiers to bury and dispose of them as soon as possible.

Liu Ziguang was modest, saying that there was a lot of credit for Wu Sangui, and then said that it was useless to keep the head, so it would be handed over to the officials and soldiers to bury it.

This time everyone was very happy, Zu Dashou said happily: "Tonight Cui Shangshu banquet all the meritorious generals on the Yanzhou front, General Liu made great contributions in the battle of Liguo, and has not been rewarded by the imperial court, this time the general intends to take you there, in front of Lord Shangshu to ask for an official and a half-job, I don't know if the general is willing?" ”

"Liu was lucky enough to win a few battles, thanks to General Zu's love, he dared to disobey his fate." Liu Ziguang immediately agreed, just in time to use tonight's banquet to expose Cui Chengxiu's conspiracy to collude with the Qing Kingdom.