Chapter 450: Punishment
At the end of February of the eighteenth year of Hongwei, the Apocalypse Guard School Field.
Xu Rui and a group of Apocalypse Guard generals sat on the high platform, looking at the front with solemn expressions.
On the torture platform more than a dozen feet away, sixteen soldiers were pressed to the ground by five flowers, and the arm-thick military sticks hit them firmly.
Almost every other breath, there would be sixteen neat "pop" and "pop" sounds, and every time the sound sounded, everyone's hearts trembled violently.
If you fight with all your strength, twenty rods are enough to kill a person, not to mention that it is a full eighty military sticks, and even if the executed soldiers have their strength, they will have to lie down for three whole months after the beating.
However, the physical pain is far less than the mental humiliation, because many of the people who watched their execution were relatives, friends, and even brothers.
Having their pants stripped and beaten and wailing in front of thousands of people is humiliating not only to them, but also to their relatives and friends in the same country.
Around the ceremonial platform, all the soldiers of the Apocalypse Guard lined up neatly, watching these sixteen people executed, they had been standing under the scorching sun for a whole hour, their anxious mood was the same as the scorching sun overhead, gradually accumulating energy that was about to explode.
"Torture over!"
The military commander who supervised the execution shouted, and as soon as the rope on the torture platform was loosened, the gendarmerie gate immediately let go, and the sixteen non-commissioned officers who had been sturdy with eighty military sticks were already dying, let alone getting up, and there were few who could still moan.
On the high platform opposite, a huge horn was pushed out, and Lin Shaodong, the new chief of staff of the Apocalypse Guard, stood up and walked to the loudspeaker and shouted.
"Everyone knows the matter, last night these sixteen soldiers escaped from the barracks, went to Changxing City to drink and make trouble, and clashed with the rest soldiers of Nanwuwei who were drinking in the same store, and were beaten into pig's heads and tied back!
Not respecting military discipline and embarrassing people, this is a great shame since the founding of my Apocalypse Guard! Today, the marshal was sentenced to 80 military sticks according to military discipline, and he was driven out of the Apocalypse Guard and returned to his hometown. ”
"I'm not convinced!"
The big horn rolled into the iron sheet spread Lin Shaodong's shouts throughout the army, and the sixteen dying soldiers had already gone to half their lives, how could they still have the strength to oppose it?
However, there were many fellow villagers who watched the execution, and Xu Rui's selection of soldiers was full of thorns, and he was basked by the scorching sun above his head for an hour, and his mood was even worse.
"It's not right for them to go out to drink, but it was Nan Wuwei's people who did it first, and now they have been beaten and punished, why are they still expelled from the Apocalypse? We're here to fight, not to be angry! ”
As soon as these words came out, there was an uproar in the queue, and the speaker's chief changed his face, and he hurriedly scolded and rushed up to prepare to repair the bird.
"Wait!"
Lin Shaodong let out a loud shout and was about to speak, but he was gently tapped on the shoulder.
He subconsciously turned his head and saw Xu Rui standing behind him with a gloomy face, a trace of shame flashed on his face, he glared at the soldiers below fiercely, moved half a step to the left, and let the horn out.
When the soldiers saw that the boss was about to speak, they suddenly quieted down and looked at Xu Rui in a daze, but there were always a few disobedient guys who didn't care, and glanced at Xu Rui with slanted eyes.
Xu Rui stood in front of the speaker, cleared his throat, and sneered: "It is said that the people in the northwest are fierce, and the township consciousness is extremely heavy, and Ben Shuai can be regarded as a teacher." ”
Hearing Xu Rui say this, those few took the lead
The guy who shouted unconvinced was even more arrogant, his nostrils turned up in the sky, and he looked like he couldn't help me, so angry that several veterans of the Apocalypse Guard couldn't wait to rush up and give him two feet.
But Xu Rui didn't speak, they didn't dare to act without permission, so they had to look at those people with murderous eyes.
Xu Rui himself didn't care about the attitude of those pricks at all, sneered, and asked: "You are all thorns in the Northwest Frontier Army that no one wants, stealing and playing tricks, disobeying discipline, not succeeding enough and losing more than anything, do you know why Ben Shuai wants you to come here?" ”
Hearing Xu Rui's comment, there was a commotion in the military formation, not only the thorns who took the lead, but almost all the recruits were furious, just because Xu Rui was in a high position and had a good reputation, so he didn't immediately mess up.
Xu Rui glanced at the whole army with disdain, and sneered: "Do you think that the commander ordered these sixteen people to be severely punished because they did not abide by military discipline and drank and quarreled? ”
"If it's not for this, why else?"
The soldier who shouted earlier couldn't bear it anymore, and asked in a weird way.
Xu Rui laughed and said: "So, waste is waste, where do you think you came from?" This is the Apocalypse Guard, the heroic land that defeated the Wuling pro-army twice head-on, and the 400 warriors broke the 200,000 rebels in Xichuan!
Just last night, these sixteen self-proclaimed warriors, because of a singer, were jealous of their friendly soldiers, causing a group fight, and finally they were beaten and sent back!
You have a kind of escape from the barracks, a kind of jealousy with others, then there is a kind of fight to win, what is it if you are tied up? You can afford to lose this man, but I can't afford to lose it! ”
Hearing these words, the recruits were suddenly suffocated, and the leading sergeant did not look good, but he said stubbornly: "The other party is close to the barracks, and more than 200 people came at once, and there are only sixteen of us, so what if we can't win?" ”
Xu Rui sneered when he heard this: "What, you are afraid of the other party's crowds?" Zhang Asi, tell them, how did our Apocalypse Guard fight? ”
It was the thorny officer who was named by Xu Rui, who was originally just an ordinary Apocalypse Guard soldier, but after the Great War of the North and South, he was rewarded for his meritorious service and became a centurion from the seventh rank.
Hearing Xu Rui's military order, he immediately stretched his neck and shouted in the loudest voice: "In the seventeenth year of Hongwei, 600 people of our army and tens of thousands of Wuling troops encountered in the valley, and they were not afraid, and they fought for several days and killed more than 2,000 enemies.
Two months later, more than 400 members of our army participated in the Valley Campaign, and in the face of the main force of more than 100,000 Wuling pro-troops, they were not afraid of it, and quickly entered the battlefield at a critical time, shelled the enemy, and completely turned the tide of the battle.
After that, he resisted the charge of the 2,000 Black Flag Army head-on, fearlessly, repelled the enemy several times, calmly withdrew from the battlefield, and helped the main force of the army to defeat the main force of the Southern Dynasty in one fell swoop.
A month later, our army was surrounded by 200,000 rebels in Xichuan in the mountains, fearless, blocked the enemy's offensive in frontal battle, and took the head of the enemy commander, until the enemy army was leaderless, quickly defeated it, and completely recovered Xichuan! ”
Zhang Asi counted the glorious battles of the Apocalypse in one breath, and after speaking, he did not forget to glare at the piercing head viciously, and his eyes were full of naked banter and contempt.
After hearing these words, looking at Zhang Asi's eyes looking at the waste, the recruits were silent, and although the thorny head was still unconvinced in his heart, he also blushed and bowed his head.
Xu Ruilang said: "Heard? My Apocalypse Guard has always fought more with less, whether it is a thousand people standing opposite, or 200,000 people, we have never been afraid, and we still beat them all over the ground to find teeth, whether it is the Xichuan rebels or the Wuling army.
Now in the face of only two hundred southern martial guards, are you afraid? Just be beaten into a pig's head and sent back as a matter of course?
Ask yourselves, are they worthy of the three words of the Apocalypse?
I can escape from the camp and go out to drink, and I don't care about conflicts with people after drinking, but since I want to fight, I have to win, if I can't win, I can't care!
Because you are the guardians of the apocalypse, you must win, this is the law that your predecessors defended with their lives and blood, and it is also the iron law that you must abide by when you enter this gate!
Listen, from now on, you can do it with your allies, first, you can't copy the guys, hurt people's lives, and second, if you win, you will be in the pocket if you stab the big basket, if you lose, don't care what the reason, roll up and cover yourself and get out, Tianqiwei doesn't raise a coward!
It's all remembered for Ben Shuai!
The three words of Apocalypse are not something that anyone can put on their heads, the whole army, and even the world in the future, it is also the honor that the bravest and wisest soldiers deserve!
Since he has entered this camp gate, from the soldier to the commander, he must use his life and blood to defend the dignity of these three words, if anyone dares to lose the face of the apocalypse guard, the commander will be the first to not let him go! ”
In the end, Xu Rui's tone became impassioned, and he pulled out Duan Feng and slammed it into the ground.
The emotions of the recruits were first suppressed by the execution, and then they were restless by the scorching sun, and just when they were about to explode, they were excited by Xu Rui with the brilliance and special irony of the Apocalypse, and the pride and frustration were mixed together, like fire and water meeting fierce struggle.
The galloping emotions suddenly swelled several times, almost bursting, but fortunately, in the end, Xu Ruiyou opened a door for them, and the violent emotions rushed out immediately as if they had found an outlet.
They are hot-blooded men who are less than thirty years old, and everyone is willing not to fight for steamed buns, and under the anger, with the rapid rise of the sense of identity with the three words of Apocalypse, the sense of shame also drowned everyone like a tide.
And Xu Rui's performance was not over yet, seeing the soldiers in the audience gritting their teeth, as if holding back a bad breath, Xu Rui snorted coldly: "Where is Li Chun?" ”
"The last general!"
A man with a short body but a very stout figure immediately clenched his fists and knelt down on one knee.
Like Zhang Asi, he is also a veteran of the Apocalypse Guard, and now he has become a company commander.
Xu Rui glanced at him and said: "The criminals are all your soldiers, and the military law is like a mountain, and you can't escape it!" ”
Li Chun hugged his fists and said: "The last general is not strict, please accept a hundred military sticks!" ”
Xu Rui sneered: "Beat you with a hundred military sticks, and my face of the Apocalypse Guard will come back?" ”
Li Chun's face turned pale, shook his head, and knelt on the ground and did not dare to speak.
Xu Rui said loudly: "The soldiers of your company have lost the face of the Apocalypse Guard, so they want you to earn it back personally, listen, this commander ordered you to take fifteen people tonight, and then go to the tavern where the accident occurred, no matter what method you use, tie up two hundred Nanwuwei for Lao Tzu and come back!" ”
"What?"
Li Chun suddenly raised his head and looked at Xu Rui in disbelief.
Xu Rui frowned: "Can you do it?" ”
Only then did Li Chun understand that Xu Rui was not joking, and he was immediately overjoyed, kowtowed heavily, and said: "Don't worry, the last general will definitely do it, let alone two hundred, the last general will serve Nan Wuwei, and he will definitely earn back the lost face!" ”
As soon as these words came out, the entire school field suddenly boiled with enthusiasm, the army was already brave and ruthless, and the apocalypse guards chose to be thorns, such a response was just the right one.
The recruits were all blushing and screaming that they were going to be ashamed, and the sixteen soldiers on the torture platform were even more tearful and remorseful.
And at this moment, they can be regarded as truly stepping into the threshold of the Apocalypse.
"Dashuai, we know our mistakes, the so-called shame and courage, if we lose the fight, we admit the fight and admit the punishment, tonight I will fight back even if I risk my life, please don't return my brother!"
The thorn head who took the lead knelt down with a "poof" and pleaded bitterly with a crying voice.
Xu Rui sighed and said: "Military orders are like mountains, since you are wrong, you must bear the consequences, this is the principle of governing the army by this commander, and it cannot be trampled on!" ”
As he spoke, Xu Rui changed his words and came again: "But the Apocalypse Guard has never been an old account, as long as they return to the border army and perform well, they will definitely have the opportunity to return here and fight side by side with everyone!" ”
"Is that true?"
Thorn asked in surprise.
Xu Rui nodded: "There is no joke in the army!" ”
As soon as these words came out, the recruits suddenly jumped with joy, and I don't know who took the lead in shouting "Apocalypse is mighty", and the whole army suddenly broke out into a huge wave.
"Apocalypse mighty!"
"Apocalypse mighty!"
Xu Rui looked at the high-spirited soldiers and finally breathed a sigh of relief.
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