After being escaped by the Ming army, Li Laiheng opened his mouth at the post-war summary meeting of the Shun army and said: "The deployment of the Guards Battalion is fundamentally wrong, if one battalion is concentrated in the west, then it will obviously be difficult for the thirteenth town of the Southern Ming Dynasty to escape; If a battalion was concentrated in the north, then even if the thirteenth town of Nanming still ran away in the end, they would not be able to transport it in so quickly. ”

The Shun army did not know how much grain and grass was still stored in Chunhua, but although the speed of the council division to relieve the siege was slow this time, they also made full use of this opportunity to build a lot of field warehouses, and a lot of supplies were continuously transported from Longtan before, and after completing the encirclement and restriction of the first infantry wing, hundreds of carriages ran back and forth several times, sending most of the things into Chunhua.

"Now they don't have to break through for a while," the Shun army hoped that the Chunhua defenders would have to break through, and then pursue and destroy them in the field, Li Laiheng asked very dissatisfiedly: "And leave more than a thousand soldiers in the south, and almost no in the east, what does this mean?" Everywhere you have to guard against, and there are loopholes everywhere. ”

Everyone didn't dare to take Li Laiheng's words, and all turned their eyes to Zhou Dongtian, who was also speechless, he was ordered to surround Chunhua, but such a small number of troops did not dare to disperse at all, although the above meaning was to delay the Ming army at any cost, but Zhou Dongtian was convinced that even if he was desperately delayed, it would not be possible to stop it, and it would only lead to the destruction of the entire guard battalion, so he hinted that the officers below should gather the troops if necessary.

But Li Laiheng did not continue to investigate, he also knew very well that with the strength of a battalion to defend on all sides, most of them would not end well, this time the guards battalion was already very dangerous, it turned out that as long as the Ming army desperately attacked, even the Shun army with thousands of troops was not safe, if Zhou Dongtian really further dispersed the troops in each direction is a few hundred people, and forbade the troops to assemble and retreat into a few fortresses, it is likely to be wiped out by the Ming army long ago.

"This time it's my responsibility, I'm too impatient." Li Laiheng took the responsibility: "It's too greedy." ”

"Don't talk about that, Taisun Wang, we have already beaten Nanming to the point of losing his armor." Chen Zhe hurriedly comforted that Nanming's Seventh Army had suffered heavy losses, while the losses of the Shun army were negligible compared to them.

"This is the work of the Great General, not mine." Li Laiheng sighed and ordered all battalions to tighten their vigilance to prevent the Chunhua Ming army from continuing to contact the outside world.

The 8th Battalion Shunjun (six infantry battalions, two cavalry battalions) returned to the vicinity of Chunhua, and the Constitution Division and the Public Servant Division became very honest, but the media in Nanming became very active.

After fleeing back to Zhejiang, Commander Li told the media that the Seventh Army's operation to break the siege was a great success, and an important reason was that the Seventh Army's tactics were very flexible and it had adopted a brave attempt to advance in two directions. When the main force of the Shun army was attracted by the honest division of the south road, the public servant division of the north road was boldly interspersed, compared with the Ming opponent was very dull, Xu Ping was completely unexpected, the flexible tactics of the Ming army were completely unexpected, wishful thinking that the command of the seventh army was as rigid as him, so he was caught off guard. Moreover, the public servant division fully carried forward the active and flexible fighting style of the Ming army, avoided the real and attacked the false in the area controlled by the Shun army, skillfully mobilized the main force of the Shun army, echoed the actions of the Sixth Army, broke the encirclement of the Shun army in one fell swoop, successfully achieved the initial goal of relieving the siege, and shattered the dream of the Shun army to encircle and kill Chunhua.

Under the questioning of enthusiastic reporters, Commander Li also concluded that this battle has a more far-reaching significance, that is, it allows everyone to see clearly the weak nature of the seemingly powerful Shun army: those bloodthirsty bandits only know how to stiffly carry out the arrogant orders of their brutal commanders, and they are completely incomparable to the Ming Wangshi, who everyone from top to bottom has a flexible mind. Commander Li expressed his belief that with the Ming army gaining more combat experience, 10,000 men could easily defeat a stupid opponent twice as rigid and ferocious as they did, but who did not know how to be flexible.

The Nanming media reversed the pessimism and disappointment immediately after the defeat of Huangchi, and cheers about Wang Shi's victory were everywhere. When Zhou Xuzu, a well-known military expert and former general of the New Army, published his personal military comments on the battle to relieve the siege in a number of media, he also said that his criticism of the Seventh Army a few days ago was too one-sided, and he implored readers to forgive himself for making wild speculations before the battle situation became clear because he did not have first-hand information. He spoke highly of the Seventh Army's strategic determination and specific tactical arrangements.

Nanming readers can also understand Zhou Xuzu's misjudgment, after all, he is not in the army and does not know the specific decision-making process, but now the truth is finally revealed, Zhou Xuzu also strongly praised Li Junchang in the last article: Such a novel strategy to break the siege is very rare in all dynasties and can even be said to be unprecedented, and Li Junchang can completely put down his psychological burden in the face of a prestigious opponent like Xu Ping, with great courage, unprecedented, and unprecedentedly using such bold tactics, How could he not be so successful? Great! Great!

The senior officers of the 1st to 4th armies in Jiangxi, as well as the 5th armies in Huguang, also congratulated Commander Li and gave rare interviews to reporters (their relationship with the media was not good before, especially after the defeat in Anqing). Jin Qiude even asked the media to publicly congratulate Li Yunrui on his behalf - because the latter is in charge of specific intelligence work in Huguang: "Jiangmen Huzi, handsome and talented, outstanding military achievements!" ”

Soon more sensational news came out that Xu Ping might have been killed in the Battle of Huangchi, which originated from rumors in the Shun army, because Xu Ping, who had always been hands-on, had never appeared in the army since the Battle of Huangchi. This anomaly made the soldiers of the Shun army feel strange, as the battle situation stabilized, the soldiers had more and more time to think and discuss this abnormality, but Xu Ping still did not appear, and the top brass of the Shun army was also silent about the growing discussion in the army, which aroused everyone's uneasiness even more.

After hearing this rumor, reporters in Nanjing, although they were not sure whether Xu Ping was killed in battle, realized that something might have happened to him, and some reporters judged that he was either seriously injured or that Shunting was holding him responsible for the defeat. One editor-in-chief disagreed after learning that reporters were worried that the report was untrue: "Do we have the responsibility to refute the rumors for Li Shun?" With a stroke of the pen, he ordered the announcement that Xu Ping had died in Huangchi.

This report was like a thunderstorm on the ground, which immediately caused a huge sensation, and all the relevant extras were snapped up, and Commander Li, as a senior general who knew the inside story well (Zhao Ning was still on the front line to command the troops and did not flee back to the rear), was once again surrounded by reporters on the third and outer floors.

Under the relentless questioning of the media, Commander Li frankly admitted that he did give the order to snipe Xu Ping, and he had long told the reporter that several battalions of the Shun army were composed of murderous criminals like orcs, and after emphasizing this point again, Commander Li said that the only thing that these beasts who only knew how to kill was their extremely brutal leader Xu Ping (although this did not match the previous impression of the south, especially different from the description of the released Nanming soldiers, but Commander Li was shrouded in the heroic light of the brilliant victory all over his body, So everyone forgot about it for the time being. In order to control these beasts to kill in the designated places, Xu Ping had to go to the front line often. After realizing this, Commander Li personally ordered the front-line commanders to cooperate closely with the air force to organize a special commando team to snipe this demon king. Moreover, Commander Li also confided an explosive military secret, the commander of the 41st Regiment who died in battle, and was also one of the officers who had directly given the order to snipe Xu Ping by Commander Li, had reported before his death that he had sent a death commando to ambush Xu Ping, and one of the teams had reported success.

As for why he had not told the media about this before, Commander Li explained that he had not received the news that Xu Ping had indeed been killed, and that the final report given to him by the commander of the 41st Regiment was that the results of the battle had yet to be confirmed, and then the military headquarters of the Seventh Army lost contact with the 41st Regiment. At the same time, Commander Li popularized science to reporters: Misjudgment on the battlefield is common, and many claimed results will be found to be wrong after being confirmed, which is why Commander Li did not accept it.

But now is the time to claim the credit they deserve for these unsung heroes (because of the overwhelming reports in the Nanming newspapers, and the fact that Shunjun still refuses to refute the rumors, everyone is now convinced that Xu Ping is dead. Commander Li modestly said that he did not have any merits, but only issued a vague order according to Xu Ping's usual behavior and habits, and the real honor should belong to those brave soldiers who sacrificed their lives for this, and he added again: In the final report given to him by the commander of the 41st Regiment, it was said that the reason why it was necessary to confirm the results of the battle was because the commandos sent to snipe Xu Ping were not spared under the pursuit of the Shun army guards, and the last warrior who came back from desperately killing was already covered with bruises, and returned to the troops with an astonishing will and shouted "Fortunately, not disgraced." He took his last breath.

In order not to let the blood of these brave soldiers be shed in vain, in order not to let their exploits be forgotten, Commander Li said that he would ask the imperial court for posthumous titles and medals, as for him himself, he would not try to share any glory, Commander Li said that even the slightest thought of stealing the merits of the victims would make him feel extremely shameful, and Commander Li also generously expressed his willingness to pass on the evaluation given to him by Kim Qiu-deok to those commandos who bravely adopted the action and the direct commander of the sniper order, the commander of the 41st Regiment who died heroically:" Outstanding military exploits! ”

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Time passes

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The general, dressed in military uniform, sat on the witness stand, and Chen stood up from his two clients, Ji Xinghui and Wang Qinian, and stepped forward.

The trial of the Huangchi escape case has always been hot news, and a large number of bereaved families of fallen soldiers are demonstrating outside each court session, demanding that the criminal culprit be severely punished and that the victims be avenged. At first, no one was even willing to defend the two defendants, who were facing the death penalty again, and the counsellors appointed by the commissioner refused to defend them until the judge showed up...... At the beginning of the trial, he was just an obscure junior lawyer who had just started his own lawyer's practice, and now he is a national fame - although it may not be a good name: other clients have withdrawn their commissions, death threat letters, and once overwhelming abuse in the media, and he has been called "the remnant of the thief" because he once worked for the general of the camp in Guide - an honor that even those former high-ranking officials of Dashun did not receive have also fallen to Chen Yishi.

"General Liang, just now you told the prosecutor that if it was in a military court, the two of them would have been sentenced to death a long time ago." Mr. Chan felt that the opponent's assertion had a great impact on the jury, so he had to try to eliminate it.

"Yes, if it weren't for the national law's requirement that death penalty cases must be interrogated in the sentencing hall, these two scumbags would have died a long time ago." The prosecutor's star witnesses and military experts said they didn't throw a disgusted glance at the two defendants.

"Since the proposal of the Zhejiang Qing Yuan and the approval of the Constituent Assembly, all provinces have required that all cases involving the death penalty in the military must be tried in the Death Hall," Chen Songshi asked, "Does General Liang think this decision is inappropriate?" ”

"Of course not, but they caused a lot of volunteers to die, so I think they deserve it."

"Do all the actions that lead to the death of the brave officers and soldiers have to be repaid with their lives?" Chen Lawyer asked, "Are they the only ones in the army who have caused such a bad result?" ”

"No, but they're not ordinary mistakes." General Liang shouted: "They escaped from the battle, which is a capital crime in any era!" ”

"Whether it is a capital crime or not is not up to General Liang to decide, but to the criminal officer." Chen first corrected, and then further asked: "And General Liang said that they made mistakes?" ”

"It's a crime!" General Liang replied: "You are not a soldier, and you have no idea what a great crime they have committed. ”

"That's right, I don't know, no one dares to say that they know how to manage the army," Chen Zhishi nodded, and said, "That's why the law of the country stipulates that the internal punishment of the army has complete immunity, and the army has also removed them from all their positions and kicked them out of the army?" But now we are talking about whether they are guilty of treason and murder. ”

"When they fled from the battle, they were treason and murdered tens of thousands of soldiers." General Liang emphasized: "As a military expert, I am convinced that if they had not escaped from the battle, there would not have been a fiasco at Huangchi, or they would not have been so badly defeated. Fleeing while there is still hope for the war situation is treason, and it is murdering officers and soldiers who are still fighting. ”

"I'm not a military expert, I'm curious if this is because of the two of them named Wang Qinian or Ji Xinghui, right?" The intention of the counsel was to give the jury the impression that a military expert was convicting on a case-by-case basis.

"Of course not, any commander in their situation, if he escapes, no matter what his name is, I will say that this is treason, this is murder." Before inviting General Liang to court, the Ombudsman repeatedly reminded him that he must not let the opposing party's lawyer say that his testimony was convicted because of others, so General Liang flatly denied it.

"If Ji Xinghui doesn't have 5,000 men under his command, and he faces more than 7,000 enemy troops, and he doesn't attack from two sides but from three sides, then he can judge that the battle situation is hopeless and order a retreat?"

"But at that time he had 5,000 men under his command, and the enemy had only 7,000, not much more than him." General Liang assured Chen: "Anyone with a modicum of military experience knows very well that this is definitely not an irreparable situation, and no matter which tactician you ask to testify, they will come to the same conclusion as me." ”

"That is to say, when there are only 5,000 men under his command, and when the enemy forces that exceed 40% of themselves are detouring from both flanks, the military situation is not hopeless?"

"It's not."

"This is not a crime tailor-made for Ji Xinghui?"

"It's not."

"Okay, you are a military expert, and my other party, Wang Qinian, when he was besieged by two times the number of enemy troops with three thousand men, the military situation was not hopeless."

"It's not."

"This is not a crime tailor-made for Wang Qinian?"

"It's not."

Chen Lawyer nodded, took out several copies of the same document, handed it to the criminal officer, and then gave General Liang a copy: "This is the military's post-war summary of the Battle of Anqing. This summary report said that when Xu Ping's Chinese army broke through the center of our army, the Ming army under the command of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was still more than 55,000 still fighting, and at this time it was storming the flank of the Shun army, and even divided and surrounded a battalion of the Shun army in the south. And at this time the crown prince retreated, of course, the word retreat is used in this report instead of fleeing," Chen asked the lawyer, "Does General Liang think that His Royal Highness the crown prince is also guilty of treason and murder?" ”

"No," General Liang immediately said: "This is a completely different military situation, the retreat of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is completely understandable, the military situation was desperate at that time, this I can be a tactical expert (!) The identity of the lobby is assured. ”

"That's right, you're a tactician." After turning around in front of the jury, Chen turned around and asked: "Or is it this summary report, after His Royal Highness the Crown Prince retreated, the commanders of the Second Army, the commanders of the Third and Fourth Divisions, and the commanders of the Seventh Regiment to the Twelfth Regiment were storming the flanks of the Shun Army, at this time they still controlled more than 30,000 troops, and the flanks were not detoured by the Shun Army, they had more troops in their hands than the Shun Army, and they all chose to retreat without exception, did General Liang think that these generals were all guilty of treason and murder?" ”

"No...... No. General Liang's momentum was not as good as just now, and he said hesitantly: "At that time, the situation they were facing was already desperate, and the troops were collapsing. ”

"Because His Royal Highness the Crown Prince escaped from the battle? So it led to the collapse of the army. "Lawyer Chen pressed forward step by step.

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince retreated, but his retreat did not lead to the collapse of the army."

"When the flanks are not detoured, there are more troops in their hands than the entire enemy army, and they are still on the offensive, the army that has not collapsed will-" Chen Zhishi made a puzzled expression, and suddenly waved his arm in the air: "Suddenly collapsed." ”

"Yes, there are a lot of variables on the battlefield, and some things happen very suddenly, very unexpectedly," General Liang explained, "That's why we need military academies to train soldiers for a long time, so we need tacticians." ”

"This is a very desperate military situation, isn't it?"

"Very, very desperate." General Liang said in an accentuated tone, nodding heavily to match his momentum.

"So my subjects, their troops are smaller than the enemy, and they are not attacking but being attacked, and their flanks are detoured, can't they think that the army may suddenly collapse?" Lawyer Chen immediately asked rhetorically.

"Judging by the situation at that time, it was impossible for the troops to collapse."

"Even so, it's entirely possible that it was a misjudgment rather than deliberate treason or murder, isn't it?" Chen Songshi said: "Didn't General Liang just say that 'there are many variables on the battlefield, and some things happen very suddenly, which is very unexpected for us. 'Yes?' ”

"This ......" General Liang hesitated for a moment, but still gritted his teeth and said, "This is not a mistake in judgment. ”

"General Liang said that the crown prince's retreat when the army was superior was not treason and murder?"

"It's not."

"At that time, the military situation was already hopeless?"

"Yes."

"General Liang said that in the Battle of Anqing, all the generals chose to retreat, and it was not treason and murder?"

"No...... No. ”

"At that time, the military situation was already hopeless."

"Yes."

"General Liang said that the military situation was far from desperate when Wang Qinian and Ji Xinghui retreated, was it treason and murder?"

General Liang's voice was already much quieter, and he whispered, "Yes. ”

Chen Yishi stared at General Liang for a while, and then asked coldly, "General Liang also insists that your testimony against Wang Qinian and Ji Xinghui was not tailor-made for them?" ”

Everyone in the lobby became nervous, and the jurors held their breath as General Liang waited for his answer.

After a long time, General Liang replied in a low voice, "No. ”

"Isn't it? Isn't it a testimony tailored to them? Chen Songshi asked loudly.

"It's not tailor-made for them." In the end, General Liang did not change his tune.

Chen Judge glanced at the jury, saw his hopeful expressions on the faces of these people, he turned back to General Liang and sneered, and then said loudly to the judge, "There is no problem. ”

This is followed by the closing statement.

"There is a saying: The official breaks ten roads. This is the norm of the former Ming Dynasty and even the previous dynasties, the people gave their lives to the Qingtian Lord, and let them decide their life and death as they wanted, and the only thing they could do was to hope that the other party would really be fair and strict, benevolent, and compassionate. Chen said to the jury: "We have endured for thousands of years, and finally we can no longer tolerate it, so we supported the ruling king, overthrew the former Ming, and defeated Li Shun." We bought our hard-earned hard-earned money into national bonds, and our children joined the army and shed their blood and sacrificed their lives in order to live in the dark. These bloody sacrifices have allowed you to sit in this position today, so that the criminal judge can no longer have the final say, and the people who made these sacrifices are also hoping that the princes can respect the law of the country and try their best to make every case a fair judgment. ”

Chen Yishi said and pointed to Wang Qinian and Ji Xinghui in the defendant's dock: "They are two complete scumbags, scum, and cowards, the oil pot in the underworld is prepared for the two of them, I despise them from the bottom of my heart, and I hope that they will report to the torture hall of Yama as soon as possible, and it is best not to wait for a day." ”

"But this is not a reason to convict them of treason and murder, because if we allow the government to fabricate charges against a person because they hate him, and tailor his testimony, then we will actually give up the power of life and death, which is tantamount to recognizing the reasonableness of the 'Ten Ways of Justice'." If this is the case, then why should we support the ruling king, why should we overthrow the former Ming, and why should we fight against Li Shun? Why did the soldiers who died in battle dedicate themselves to the battlefield, they could be completely immortal, and let Li Shunlai rule, wouldn't it be the same? Judge Chen was also a little excited, and he said to the jury: "Our national law should make a person deserve his crime, but it is by no means a crime that is not dead!" I implore you that you must not return to the government the rights that so many soldiers have won by throwing their heads and spilling their blood to the government in a momentary hurry. The sacrifices of the brave soldiers who died in Huangchi were precious and priceless, and I don't think they would agree to it - the precious legacy they left behind was only worth the price of the lives of these two scumbags. ”

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It looks like the jury may not be able to make a decision today, and Mr. Chan spoke to reporters after leaving the arraignment hall, his first time speaking since taking over the case. As the case continued, the media gradually became less hostile to him, and the public began to understand his defense.

"If this is about Wang and Ji committing crimes against humanity in Shanxi, I can't think of a reason to defend them, and if they are acquitted this time and the case is reopened, I will not defend them again, but I will still support the lawyer who defended them." Chen said to media reporters: "No matter if a lawyer takes on a case for fame and profit, in the final analysis, we want to uphold the justice of the national law, and if there is no defender, the national law can hardly be just." I am in awe of the law of the land as the constitution of heaven, although I am a lawyer, but also a common people, I wholeheartedly hope that the law of the country can be just and strict. ”

"Even knowing that they are criminals? Is it also fair to defend criminals? A reporter asked.

"Yes, even defending a criminal who knows to be a murderer is upholding the justice of the law of the land." Chen Lawyer said without hesitation: "Unlike the previous Ming Dynasty and all previous dynasties, we are determined to try our best to make every case get a fair trial, and this is to be done by the Supervisor and our lawyer, the Supervisor will try his best to say that everyone is a criminal, even if it is innocent, don't say no, there will always be unjust cases in this world, and the Inspector will send these innocent people to prison; And we lawyers defend criminals, and we will definitely let many criminals escape justice. Prosecutors work hard to convict people for the sake of their careers, we lawyers work hard to exonerate people for the sake of remuneration, and we each work hard for our own interests, trying not to miss every piece of evidence or let go of every suspicion, and it is our contest – or joint efforts – to make the law of the land more just. ”

Speaking of the previous attacks and slanders against himself, Judge Chen seemed very calm: "This is also the reason why we want to adopt the separation of powers, even the Secretary of State cannot make a tailor-made law for a certain person, because the people can make impulsive decisions because of emotion, and they can be influenced for a while, and this influence may last for several years, just like we cheered for the victory of Huangchi back then, will anyone still think so?" Just like back then, many people still thought that General Xu's immortal army was all beast-like people, and refused to pardon them for this, but now that I think about it, is it really necessary? At first, everyone hated them, but now that we look back, we realize that they are just like us, who were unbearable slaves of the Ming Dynasty and rose up to resist and overthrow the tyranny. If our criminal justice system had been as developed as it is today, we wouldn't have done the things that made us feel sick and regretful. ”

The passage of a law on lawyers, which last year has sparked much controversy, is that a lawyer cannot disclose a crime even if he knows he is convicted, and that if a lawyer makes a defence against the defendant in court, the arbiter must declare the trial null and void. Taking advantage of today's opportunity, Mr. Chen defended this law:

"No matter how hard we try, it is possible to make the law of the land more just than absolutely just, and at any time, the poor will bear the brunt, and the most unjust treatment will definitely fall first on the most moneyless and powerless defendants. Therefore, I would like to applaud aloud the passage of the law that has just passed that a lawyer may not give evidence against a defendant, for there is no one in the world more powerful and wealthy than the government, and if a lawyer is allowed to defect, then the Ombudsman may buy the lawyer to improve his performance, and the poorer the defendant, the less he can guarantee the loyalty of his lawyer......"

After finally getting out of the reporter, Chen Lawyer was stopped by a person, he recognized this famous big man, and hurriedly bowed: "Lord Xia, see you below." ”

"Don't dare to be, I'm here to listen to Boss Chen's defense." Xia Wanchun said with a smile, after this case, Chen Ji Lawyer can be regarded as famous.

At this time, Chen Judge noticed that Xia Wanchun was still carrying a child by his side, and he was looking at him with blazing eyes: "This is Lord Xia's son, right?" ”

"It's my adopted son, and he admires Boss Chen very much."

"My surname is Li." The kid said loudly.

"......I see," Judge Chen nodded, not saying anything more.

"What if the law of the land is unjust?" The child had just been lifted on his shoulder by his adoptive father to listen to Judge Chen's speech, and as soon as he was put down, he asked loudly: "If it is an unjust national law, is Boss Chen also in awe of Tianxian?" ”

"That's the matter of the Secretary of State." Chen said to the child with a smile and bent down.

"I'm going to be a lawyer one day." The kid announced loudly.

"Hehe, okay, you can be my buddy when the time comes, my lawyer is short of a right-hand man." Chen Lawyer laughed and joked to the child: "But you must first learn to respect the law of the country as the constitution of heaven." ”

"No, I will challenge the law of the land!"

This statement caused Xia Wanchun and Chen Yishi to laugh loudly at the same time, and the latter shook his head while laughing: "Okay, I look forward to seeing that day." ”

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