Chapter 3: Colonel Affairs

Shi Xun came out of the big tent of the Chinese army and dragged his tired body back to his tent. Cao Cao's instructions had already been sent to Cao Cao, and he had to immediately prepare an official document and hand it over to everywhere—including a military order for Li Tong and Xiahou Yuan to go south to rescue the Lujiang River and prevent Sun Ce, as well as an order authorizing Wang Bi to send an envoy to Jiangxia and Sikong Fu to Huang Zu asking him to send sailors to cooperate.

Looking at the large stack of wooden slabs that had just been cut, baked, and stacked neatly by his subordinates on the side of the case, Shi Xun felt that his brain hurt, but there was no way, he would have to do his own things in his position, and he would be loyal to his people, and he had to do the work he should do, and he couldn't escape it at all.

It's just that how many years do we need to take down Guanzhong and get a craftsman who can make paper?

Immediately picked up the pen, dipped it in ink, and gave instructions to Li Tong first. By the way, he also wrote a private letter to Li Wenda, planning to hand it out with the military order - after all, Li Tong was also recommended to Cao Cao by him, and he counted himself as his own person, so that he would not be angry, but he could be used later.

Cao Cao has always turned a blind eye to this kind of thing, and it has become a common phenomenon for bureaucrats in the late Han Dynasty to join forces and scholars to join the families of the powerful as their "protégés and former officials". Shi Xun believed that as long as he was cautious in his writing, just said goodbye to Li Daodao, and did not get involved in political affairs, Cao Cao would not suspect that he was deliberately forming a gang.

It is said that Xun Wenruo wrote more than a dozen private letters, almost all of which were written to internal and external officials to communicate with each other, and Cao Cao never expressed any dissatisfaction. Although Cao Cao's value and trust in himself cannot be compared to Xun Yu for the time being, he writes fewer letters by himself. As long as you don't make a head bird. I'm not afraid of being shot...... Belch. Shot by an arrow.

After writing the military order and private letter to Li Tong, he immediately called someone in, immediately presented it to Cao Cao for review and sealing, and then handed it out quickly - of course, Cao Cao didn't need to see the private message first, but Xun deliberately pretended to be busy and fainted, and handed it all over together. Then he drank his saliva, twisted his neck and rubbed his hands, and picked up a new one. began to give orders to Xiahou Yuan. But as soon as he wrote more than a dozen words, Wu Zhen's voice suddenly came from outside the tent: "Lord, a famous military academy is eager to see, Dao Sun Yunan is in danger, please save the lord!" ”

When Shixun heard this, he couldn't help but be surprised, and with a flick of his wrist, he drew a short horizontal stroke into a pig's tail, with a circle.

——In these years, there are many military generals with private placements, and the clerks are not exempt. It is allowed to bring a small number of guests and Zhuang Ding to the battle, so Shi Xun brought Wu Zhen and two other guests. Helping to sort out paperwork and deliver news, there are also six strong men from yellow scarves who serve as bodyguards and handymen. He didn't bring Lu Su with him, because Lu Zijing's identity was just an ordinary guest, and he was not his guest or servant.

After listening to Wu Zhen's report, Shi Xun hurriedly put down his pen: "Call him in." Immediately, the curtain was lifted, and a low-level officer came in, kneeling on the ground and reporting: "The villain Zhang Hui is under the command of Sun Sima." This morning, Sun Sima was arrested by the school, saying that he was familiar with Yuan Shu and would correct the law before the army, so the villain hurriedly came to ask for help in the army! ”

"How can it be!" Shixun stood up with a "whoosh", "Lead me quickly!" ”

To say that Sun Wen and Yuan Shu colluded is simply a big joke. Sun Yunan's ancestral home is Qingzhou, and he was born in Yanzhou, so he has nothing to do with the Yuan family's eight poles - his uncle Sun Song saw him in Xiangyang, if he colluded with Liu Biao, there is still a possibility of one or two points, but there is no reason to arrest and decide!

Shi Xun was shocked and angry, and immediately hurried to the vicinity of the gate with the military academy named Zhang Hui, and saw a large group of people surrounding there. Pushing aside the crowd and going in, I saw that Sun Wen was tied to the ground, and there were two executioners on the side, both with red scarves to wipe their foreheads, one holding a long knife, and the other holding a sharp axe, and was about to lift it high - after lifting, of course, the blade would fall, and then Sun Yunan's head was rolling......

Shi Xun couldn't help but shout according to the traditional storytelling and romance: "Keep people under the knife!" Rushed into the field, stood next to Sun Wen, and asked sharply, "What is this person's crime?" ”

I saw a black-clothed scribe take two steps forward and waved slightly towards Shixun: "I've seen it join the army." Shi Xun glanced him up and down, and saw that this person was in his thirties, with a green face and a long beard, and a pair of triangular eyes that shone brightly—"Who are you?" ”

"Lieutenant Colonel Zhao Da of the Lillion Army."

School affairs is a position set up by Cao Cao Xin in the army, responsible for investigating the subtleties and rectifying military discipline, to put it bluntly, it is a mixture of spies and gendarmes. In fact, half of this idea was given to Cao Cao by Xun, and he suggested to Cao Cao many times, saying that if the army wants to be strong, it must affirm discipline. Besides, we are now serious court soldiers, and we must prohibit looting and indiscriminate killing, so that the world can return to the heart, and the people will eat pot pulp to welcome. The grain is not insufficient, and we have to indulge the soldiers to plunder, raise their own food and salaries, and even dig graves like before, what is the difference between us and the army of those princes?

Later, Chen Lin wrote "Yuzhou Wen for Yuan Shao", which said: "King Xiao of Liang, the first emperor Mu Kun, the tomb is honored; Mulberry pines and cypresses, it is still appropriate to be solemn. And the commanders and generals came to excavate, broke the coffin and naked corpse, and plundered the gold treasure...... Cao and specially set up the general of the Qiu Zhonglang and touched the golden captain, and the suddenness was not exposed. "Saying that Cao Cao relied on stealing graves and digging graves to collect military funds certainly has its exaggerated and slanderous side, but it is also groundless and not without reason. It's just that at that time, nine out of ten princes had secretly dug graves, and Yuan Shao couldn't be excepted, and Cao Cao was by no means the most excessive. Besides, this thing is not good to do, even if Cao Cao acquiesces or even secretly instigates it, he will not come to the excavation in person, let alone deliberately set up official positions such as "Faqiu Zhonglang General" and "Touching Jin Lieutenant", and expose his own ugly things to the world.

Therefore, in the early days, the Cao army was no different from the ordinary warlord army, although the military discipline was neat, it was also a file to pull out the general, to say that Yuan Lao's army was cruel enough for one catty, and Yuan Lao's second army was cruel enough to add three taels, Cao Jun's cruelty was also about half a catty and eight taels, and the sergeants looted, slaughtered, and even dug graves often happened, unless there was a family to report, otherwise no one would be held accountable. It was Xun who said that time is easy, and if we continue like this, we will not succeed, we have to build a real "king" to come out.

Cao Cao asked him if he planned to come out, and he said, first, he had to formulate strict military discipline. Second, special organizations must be set up in the military. Investigate wrongdoing. Severe punishment for violators. His original intention was to get a military police unit out and set up a military court, but he didn't expect Cao Cao to take out more like a "military commander". But firstly, Shixun just gave an idea, so he didn't want to get involved in this matter at all, and secondly, he knew that with the military foundation and ideological trend of these years, he would not be able to get the national army of later generations, so ah, let's leave it at that. I don't want to manage it, and I can't manage it. Anyway, he is a court official, and the military law can't easily cure his head - but I didn't expect that this time the military law will use the knife against the old acquaintance Sun Wen!

Standing next to Sun Wen at the moment, Shi Xun frowned and looked Zhao Da up and down, and asked him coldly: "What is Sun Wen's crime?" Zhao Dabi replied respectfully: "Colluded with Yuan Shu and leaked military information." Shixun asked, "What is the proof?" Zhao Da replied: "Yesterday, the handwriting of Huang Jun of the military academy was found, and under interrogation, Huang Jun confessed that Sun Wen was an accomplice. When Shi Xun heard this, his brows furrowed even tighter: "Is there only Huang Jun's testimony?" Can Sun Wen confess? Zhao Da shook his head: "This person is very tight-mouthed and refuses to confess." ”

Yes Xun looked down at Sun Wen again. But I saw this rough man kneeling on the ground, nesting his body. But he tried to stiffen his neck and look up at himself—he had a cloth ball in his mouth, no wonder he had been in the arena for so long, and he didn't even make a cry. Reaching out and taking off the cloth ball in his mouth, Sun Wen immediately shouted at the top of his throat: "Wronged! A certain Su and Huang Jun are not on good terms, so he falsely accused me! ”

With this voice, Shi Xun almost didn't feel deafened, and the soldiers around him, including Zhao Da, couldn't help but take a step back.

I heard Zhao Da smile bitterly: "You can know that you joined the army, the villain didn't allow him to plead, so he sealed his mouth, but if he screamed twice, I am afraid it will cause the camp to roar......"

Shi Xun raised his hand and waved it to stop Zhao Da from continuing, and then lowered his head and asked Sun Wen again: "You must not shout again, and lower your voice, and simply tell a certain cause and effect." Sun Wen took two breaths, really lowered his words, and hurriedly said: "The villain has never had anything to do with the Huang Army, and he will never collude with Yuan Shu. This morning, the school matter called, the villain thought it was just an ordinary inquiry, so he went with them, who expected to ask without three words, and suddenly tied up. asked them to call Huang Jun to confront him, but he refused, whipped the villain a few times, and saw that the villain refused to let go, so he was directly escorted to behead - the villain was wronged, and he didn't accept it! ”

As he spoke, the voice sounded again, and he hated Shixun so much that he couldn't help but stuff the cloth ball in his hand back into his mouth again.

After listening to Sun Wen's defense, Shi Xun looked at Zhao Da coldly: "Where is the Huang Army?" ”

Zhao Da replied: "Beheaded." ”

When Shixun heard this, he couldn't help but be furious: "Before you confront the person you confessed, how can you behead him?!" ”

Zhao Da still replied respectfully: "In order to attack the city soon, I am afraid that it will escape, so I will arrest and behead immediately, this military law is set up, and the villain's authority is located, so I don't dare to be unfast." The villain has no fault, and he is aware of joining the army. ”

Shi Xun tried his best to suppress the anger in his chest, and stretched out his hand to point at Sun Wen: "I'm protecting this person, but what?" Zhao Da shook his head: "There is no system of guarantors in the army, unless Cao Gong is pardoned, no one can be outside the military law." ”

"Sun Wen must be wronged!"

"Whether he is wronged or not, the villain doesn't know," the more angry Isun was, the more calm Zhao Da became, "The villain just acted according to the law." There is a cloud in military law: 'Those who collude with foreign enemies and leak military information can be immediately beheaded.' 'The army is different from the country, and the sergeant is also different from the civilian, in order to prevent the slightest mistake, it is better to kill by mistake than to be lenient. If you are not a general, then the lieutenant colonel can enforce his own law, and there is no need to report to Cao Gong - Dawen, which is also the same thing that joined the army and Cao Gong said in the past. ”

Hearing this, the three corpse gods couldn't help but jump violently, and their anger rushed to the top door, and immediately pulled out his sword and gestured at Zhao Dayi: "I also suspect that you are collaborating with the enemy, may you be killed on the spot?!" Zhao Da still replied lightly: "Joining the army is not a school matter, and you can't enforce military discipline." If joining the army is a school matter, you will die without resentment. ”

"You ......" was the first time that Xun felt that his tongue was not very good, and he was so angry that he couldn't even speak. At this moment, I suddenly heard a loud shout from outside the crowd: "Zhao Da, you dare!" ”

Sun Wen couldn't help but shout: "Captain Diandu, save me!" (To be continued......)

PS: There are two NPCs appearing today, one is ...... You don't have to be fanciful, you don't have to appear on the stage, Mr. Huang Jun was cut off when he showed his name, and there is a Mr. Zhang Hui, don't look at his appearance, as long as he shows up, maybe there will be a chance to come in handy again in the future - I think Zhai Yu back then, didn't he appear again after a long time?