There is only one way for the Great Sui to treat the defecting soldiers, that is, death, and it will also cause the family to be deprived of acres of land, and even directly demoted to slavery.

You don't have to re-discipline it, otherwise you won't be able to restrain these soldiers.

The overall quality of the children in Guanzhong is actually the strongest, but it depends on who will bring it.

The 4,000 people under Zhu Longsheng came from Zuotunwei, and this military government has always been one person who has the final say since the early days, long live Shi.

So when the 400 guards who disobeyed the orders and defected to break through were sent to the front of the Iron Staff, Shi Wanbao pleaded.

"Many of them are my old subordinates, and they are actually not defectors, but they don't listen to the orders of the generals and break through on their own, and now our troops have suffered heavy losses, so keep them, right?"

Mai Tiezhu suddenly frowned: "The military law is ruthless, I can't show favoritism, Zhu Longsheng is too benevolent and righteous, it is not suitable to lead the army, I not only want to kill these people, but also report to the military department, and give them a heavy punishment to their families to set an example." ”

Shi Wanbao's face was gloomy and he looked at Su Lie, hoping that the other party could help him plead for mercy.

Su Lie is the brother of Mai Tiecane, and his words are still very effective, but Su Lie will not help with this favor, because he feels very embarrassed.

"Zuo Tunwei has been the prince since the beginning of Lu Guogong's resignation, in fact, the prince has always been taking care of him, if the Taiping Duke (Shi Huaiyi) knew that his subordinates would defect, how chilling should he be, and how angry would the prince be?" Su Lie said in a deep voice: "The first disobedience and defection since the expedition happened to us, if you don't punish it heavily, it will be difficult to explain." ”

Their discussion was carried behind their backs to comfort Gao Yixian, but Gao Yixian had already heard the news and rushed over, and after opening the tent and coming in, he immediately frowned and said:

"These people kneeling outside are rebels?"

Shi Wanbao sighed inwardly and did not say anything.

Mai Tiezhu said: "I was about to talk to the envoy, they disobeyed the general's order and broke through without authorization, what should be done, let the monarch have an idea." ”

In fact, he has already said that the crime is very light, disobedience and defection, these are two different things.

Gao Yixian snorted coldly: "If you don't obey the general's order, you will rebel, and send someone to escort it to Liaodong, and your majesty will decide." ”

Either he can be a comforter, this is definitely a smart person, he is equivalent to supervising the army, but he also needs to maintain the delicate relationship between the generals.

The rebels outside are Shi Wanbao's people, and if Mai Tiezhu makes a decision, he will offend people, after all, Shi Wanbao is the prince's person.

Therefore, Gao Yixian took the initiative to take the initiative and directly involved the emperor, and let the top decision-maker decide how to deal with it.

Yang Guang instructed at the beginning: All military advances and stops must be reported to be reported, don't be specialized, Zhu Longsheng's matter can actually be reported, but not reported.

This has to look at Gao Yixian, and if people say that they can repay it, they will have to report it.

Shi Wanbao snorted coldly, and the dissatisfaction smoothly shifted from Mai Tiecane to Gao Yixian.

Gao Yixian is not a bird for you, before I came, the prince said hello, I know what to do.

So these 400 people were escorted to the rear and handed over to Yang Guang for disposal.

And Zhu Longsheng was demoted to a brigade commander because of the rash advance of the enemy, which caused the headquarters to suffer too much loss, and the little merit he originally earned was wiped out.

Ci is not in charge of the army, and Zhu Longsheng relied on his own merits and Shi Wanzai's promotion to get to today's position, but his character is more benevolent and righteous, to put it bluntly, he is still too close to the group of guards below, and he has a bond of affection and righteousness, so that the people below are not very afraid of him.

He only learns from the surface, not from the inside, Shi Wansui's close relationship with the generals below is true, but when people kill their relatives in righteousness, they will not be soft.

If Shi Wansui is punished today, Zhu Longsheng can be pushed to the end, and the wheat iron rod can be regarded as giving face.

In the direction of Aishui Wharf, there have been scouts staring, and the investigation report also makes people suspicious.

The ships on the wharf had never moved, and the barracks on the wharf were pitifully few, and although it was impossible to find out how many enemy troops there were, there were certainly not many of them.

"In such an important place, there are not many people to see, is it a suspicious tactic, or is there really no soldier?" Mai Mengcai frowned and said, "Shall we fight or not?" ”

Mai Tiezhu said in a deep voice: "Don't fight, Zhu Longsheng's temptation has exposed my coveting of the wharf, the enemy army must have arrangements, immediately ordered to cut down trees, prepare for the pontoon bridge, and not delay the army to cross the river." ”

Su Lie frowned and said: "The scouts in the direction of Yalushui have reported that there is no trace of the enemy on the other side, which is extremely suspicious, we cross the river, they will definitely stop it, but right now, there is no movement at all, which is uneasy." ”

Shi Wanbao also followed: "If we can't find out the true intentions of the enemy army, our army will have an accident when crossing the river." ”

The rod nodded, and everyone fell into deep thought.

Li Jing's side has been sending rangers to check the movements of the Quartet, and the scope of exploration is extremely wide, and what echoes him from afar is the Wei Xuanbu's Lai Cheng, with 6,000 light horsemen under his command.

In one village, the old and weak women and children were killed cleanly, and the corpses were all piled up in a house and left to rot and stink.

The two thousand light horsemen of the headquarters are now stationed here.

The village is located at the foot of the southwest foothills of the Wolf Forest Mountains, surrounded by mountains and rivers, and is extremely remote.

A military newspaper was delivered to Laicheng, and after reading it, Laicheng frowned and said:

"Manager Li asked me to send a ranger to the upper reaches of the Yalu River to check, come to the slave, you can go."

The father of the slave is the slave maid who came to the house, and he used to block arrows for the guard, so he died, so the son was given the surname Lai, although there is a slave in the name, but the identity is no longer a slave.

Count as a retainer.

"There are more than a thousand miles of water in Yalushui, how far should I go?" Lainu asked.

Let's think about it: "You take twenty people away, divided into four teams, one team of five people, separated by thirty miles, try to explore the top, Manager Li's arrangement, there must be a reason, we still have to be cautious." ”

This is the origin of Jiangmen, the biggest difference between Laihu'er and Yuwenshu is that his son teaches well.

That night, Lainu took twenty people all the way south to the bank of the Yalu River, and then walked east along the river to check the situation.

In fact, Li Jing had already sent people along the Yalushui River to check the situation, and he did not find any suspicious points, but he did not go upstream because it was too far away.

The whole army is on the east side, which is convenient for reconnaissance.

Ning Changzhen, who was in Guangxi, received a letter from Feng An, the tone of the letter was quite soft, but every word contained a warning.

Probably to say, people are not looking for you, you can get away with it, since people are looking for you, be honest and give food, don't make yourself uncomfortable.

But Ning Changzhen is the same person as Feng Yuzhi said, eating soft and not hard.

You beg me, let's talk, why are you scaring me? Lao Tzu is in Qinzhou, and the court whip is out of reach, you can control me?

However, he scolded and scolded, but his reply to Feng Ang still had to complain.

"If Feng Shuai doesn't stand with us, we will count on the land of the eight counties of Qinzhou, and it will be difficult to sing alone," Ning Xuan, the second child, said.

Ning Changzhen said with a smile: "The chaos in Shandong is already big, this expedition, the loss of national strength is huge, even if the imperial court wants to target our Lingnan, it will be more than ten years later, more than ten years, no one knows what will happen, I just want to give the imperial court an attitude, Lingnan affairs, you don't interfere, let's be at peace." ”

Ning Xuan said helplessly: "Isn't this a separation?" Wei Xun and Pei Ju, these are all fought in Lingnan, and back then, it was still mediated by the old man of the Virgin Mary, so that I had a stable life in Lingnan for 20 years, and my father was too tough, for fear of angering the current emperor. ”

Ning Changzhen sneered and said: "Our Lady just looks down on herself too much, my Lingnan is blessed with unique terrain, it is a situation of self-reliance, she should not have submitted to Yang Sui at the beginning, at that time the south was undecided, the remnants of the Chen Dynasty were still there, we can lead the army to the north, drive the Sui army back to Jiangbei, divide the north and the south, why use to look at people's faces now." ”

Ning Xuan's cheeks twitched, he didn't expect that his father's ambition was so big, what you said was a big rebellion?

"The three major tribes in Lingnan are at peace with each other, and my father must not have such thoughts," Ning Xuan hurriedly persuaded him.

Ning Changzhen snorted coldly: "Wait, if Goguryeo wins this time, don't say one million, I'll give two million, if you can't win, hehe, let's just wait to watch the show, there must be a big chaos in the north, waiting for the Great Sui Emperor." ”

Ning Xuan sighed helplessly: "Then this letter was sent to Feng Shuai like this?" ”

"Send someone to deliver the letter immediately, I don't borrow it, but I have no grain, the grain in the granary is greedy, I am strictly investigating, and when I catch these moths and find the grain, I will send it to the imperial court," Ning Changzhen said.

Ning Xuan said with a bitter face: "Feng Shuai won't believe this excuse, right?" ”

Ning Changzhen frowned and looked at his son: "I didn't let him believe it in the first place, do you think anyone is as stupid as you?" Feng Ang will help me speak in front of the emperor, because according to the Central Plains proverb, he and I are grasshoppers on a rope. ”

Ning Xuan went down helplessly.

In the courtyard, Ning Changzhen was left sitting alone on the rocking chair, swaying.

He used to be a courtier of the old Chen, but he didn't have much loyalty to the Chen Dynasty, when the Sui army attacked Jiankang, he led the troops late, in fact, he came to fish in troubled waters.

It's just that I didn't expect that Jiankang was lost so quickly, although the Chen Dynasty at that time was rotten, the army was still there, and he was too confident in Chen Shubao.

So much so that his sweetheart was also kidnapped by Yang Guang.

Later, when there was a rebellion in various parts of Jiangnan, he felt that the opportunity had come, and secretly supported the two rebel armies of Gao Zhizhi and Wang Wenjin, wanting to stir up the water in the south even more.

As a result, Yang Jian sent Yang Su and Li Jing south to quell the rebellion, and soon destroyed the highly intelligent Wang Wenjin.

Ning Changzhen's dream came to naught, his ambition came from when he was a teenager, and he fought with Chen Shubao for Shen Huhua and was defeated, at that time he felt that if I had the status of Chen Shubao, I would not lose.

The county prince of Qinjiang, the pacification envoy of Lingnan, he is not uncommon at all. (End of chapter)