Chapter 155: Helping King Zhou to deal with the aftermath
Jiedu Mansion's Yamen soon fell into greater chaos. There were many good things in this city, and they all had the mentality of taking advantage of the chaos. When Sun Li led the army, he saw this
Without explaining the situation, he directly ordered the killing to stop the chaos. It took him two and a quarter hours to suppress it and control all the agencies in Jiedu Mansion. Facing the wolf-like and tiger-like Han army, Du Chongwei's fangs were intimidating.
drop.
Stepping into the lobby of the government office, he looked at the corpses covered with silk and satin, including women and children. Staring at Du Chongwei's headless corpse, which was bloody and bloody, Sun Li asked: "Is this Du Ni?"
"Back to General, that's right!"
"Who killed him?" Sun Li shouted loudly.
The short man was startled, with a trace of hesitation on his face, but he bravely replied: "Du Ni saw that something was going wrong and wanted to flee. To prevent him from escaping, the villain killed him to repay the imperial court."
With that said, the tooth general also presented Du Chongwei's head, which he had secretly hidden.
Even Sun Li, a big boss, could sense the problem with his remarks. He is betraying his master! Staring at this short man, murderous intent flashed in his eyes. If so many people weren't watching, especially
It was the Yan soldiers around him. He really wanted to kill this person and take away the credit.
"The Marquis of these two hundred households, I asked you to take it!" Sun Li said calmly.
Being able to "laugh" to the end, the short man was not stupid at all. He sensed the danger, and with a worried heart, he hurriedly said in a loud voice: "The villain is willing to dedicate his merits of killing thieves to the general."
The soldiers around him who heard the sound couldn't help but cast their eyes on Sun Li and glanced around. Sun Li couldn't help but get angry: "Is this general the one who takes the credit from others?"
"The villain made a mistake, please forgive me, General..." Seeing this, the short Yajiang took advantage of the situation to accuse him, and even slapped himself several times, keeping his posture very low.
Seeing his behavior, Sun Li felt like he had been tricked for some reason.
"Have you caught the traitor Du Chongwei?" At this moment, a group of Han troops broke into the hall, and the leading general asked anxiously.
The person who came was Shi Honglang, the Marquis of Yu, the capital of the Xiaodi Army. Seeing him, Sun Li couldn't help but sarcastically said: "Marquis Shidu, Yu, it's such a coincidence that you are here. What a pity, this decapitation skill has already been mastered!"
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Shi Honglang's personality was that of his brother Shi Hongzhao. Seeing his attitude, he immediately reprimanded angrily: "Sun Li, how dare you be rude to me?"
Sun Li was also a hot-tempered boss. He had always looked down on people like Shi Honglang, who were promoted through connections without any hard work, and he said forcefully: "What about it? Mrs. Shi?"
"Ms. Shi" was naturally Sun Li's contemptuous name for Shi Honglang. After all, Shi Honglang was also tall and thick-looking.
"You...you dare to humiliate me like this! You are too arrogant! You are too domineering!" Shi Honglang was so angry that he subconsciously pressed his hand on the knife.
Seeing this, Sun Li became interested and stared at him: "Why, you still want to use force?"
Being glared at by Sun Li fiercely, a trace of panic flashed in his eyes, and he did not dare to pull out the knife.
"Coward!" Sun Li cursed contemptuously, and turned to face Shi Honglang and ordered his subordinates: "Report to your Majesty that our army has occupied and controlled Jiedu Yamen, Wei Boya surrendered, and the traitor Du Chongwei
The head has been awarded for..."
"What's your name?" Sun Li asked the Yajiang.
The short man looked happy and immediately replied: "Little man Lu Duanyuan."
"I was killed by Ye General Lu Duanyuan, so I'll report it like this!" Sun Li dismissed his men.
Seeing that he was being ignored and underestimated in this way, Shi Honglang's resentment reached its highest level. He stared at Sun Li with a cold expression: "Sun Li, you disrespect Shangguan and humiliate me repeatedly. Sooner or later, you will pay the price!"
"I'll wait!" Sun Li said disdainfully.
"Master, after all, he is the younger brother of Marshal Shi. It's not good to offend him like this." When he was leading people to investigate Jiedu Mansion, one of his commanders whispered to Sun Lida.
Sun Lize looked completely indifferent: "A certain family is still a member of His Royal Highness the King of Zhou. What are you afraid of after a life-threatening friendship?"
Under the control of Gao Xingzhou and other generals, follow-up troops entered the city one after another and occupied key places in the city. As the gates of Yedu were opened, more Han troops poured into the city. Although at Liu Chengyou's suggestion, Liu Zhiyuan had previously It was strictly ordered that after the city was broken, the people were not allowed to be disturbed. However, the generals of the Han army did not control the soldiers under their command to the extent that they could drive them like an arm. When there were too many people, it was easy for problems to arise.
I don't know which army started from it, but the Han army began to invade and plunder the sergeants and civilians in the city, and it spread at an extremely fast speed. After breaking the city for an hour, the situation in the city not only failed to stabilize, but became more turbulent and chaotic. , the source of the turmoil was the Han army's massive plunder of Yedu.
Liu Chengyou was the one who followed the army into the city. He saw fireworks all over Yedu and boiling sounds filling the city. At this situation, Liu Chengyou looked very ugly and became furious. He immediately sent the Longqi Army who had followed him into the city, led by General Ma Quanyi and others. , went to various cities to suppress the attack. At the same time, they sent people to inform generals such as Gao Xingzhou and Murong Yanchao, and ordered the commanders in each capital to strictly restrain their subordinates, kill and plunder generals, and stop the rebellion.
It only took an hour for the Han army to break through the city, but due to the chaos and suppression, it took several times longer. Even if Liu Chengyou's supervising army responded quickly enough, it was not until midnight that the city stabilized. .As for the Han army, there were not many casualties in the charge into the city. For violating the ban and violating military discipline, thousands of people were directly killed, including dozens of middle and lower-level generals.
In addition to the imperial troops, the Han army outside the city also had regiments, rural soldiers, and rebels from Ming, Bo, Chan, Yun and other places. These people had particularly poor military discipline. It was precisely because of their plunder that they led many The army was plundered, and the Forbidden Army was also affected.
The Mingzhou regiment training envoy Yi Quanzhang had a friendship with Liu Chengyou in the previous period. Because he took the lead in breaking into people's houses, plundering property, and raping women, Liu Chengyou arrested him and killed him as a model.
His Royal Highness the King of Zhou's harsh methods once again made the entire army deeply feel it.
There were constant commotions in the city, and some unexpected changes occurred. Emperor Liu Zhiyuan had been staying peacefully in the camp and had not shown his face since the city was breached.
Around the imperial tent, Sergeant Konghe was closely guarding. Inside, Liu Zhiyuan was lying on the couch, tightly wrapped in a thick velvet quilt. His eyes were slightly cloudy, as if he had just woken up. He listened quietly and responded. Su Fengji was summoned to report on the situation in Yedu.
"Killed many people?" Liu Zhiyuan asked.
"His Royal Highness the King of Zhou strictly enforced the military law and killed many soldiers of the military academy. Many of them were soldiers with meritorious service." Su Fengji carefully reported: "The unrest has been suppressed, and His Highness is still in the army. Search and check for evil. The officers and soldiers arrested many people and wanted to hold them accountable. Several commanders secretly reported that there were many complaints in the army and they were not angry with the King of Zhou for treating his heroes harshly..."
"Deserves to be killed!" Liu Zhiyuan scolded him coldly: "My son was killed well! He blatantly violated my military order, how dare he say such a thing?"
"Yes." Seeing Liu Zhiyuan's anger, Su Fengji immediately bent a little.
After pondering for a while, Liu Zhiyuan sighed again and said: "I have told the whole army that everything the King of Zhou did was in accordance with my edict. All officers and men in the army should strictly abide by military disciplines and laws. If they violate it again, they will be severely punished according to what happened before." !”
He paused and then said: "Send someone to inform the King of Zhou that so many people have been killed. Those soldiers who have been captured should be given a little punishment and released. The law does not punish everyone..."
On Liu Chengyou's side, he was still busy inspecting various cities, sending people to post notices to calm the people, and sending people to ride horses through the inner squares of the city to comfort the soldiers and people.
When he learned that Liu Zhiyuan's order was received privately, he was slightly stunned.
The soldiers who had violated the law were all detained at the foot of Xiweng City, stripped of their armor and weapons, bound with ropes, wearing single clothes and trousers, shivering in the autumn wind.
"Your Highness." The one who was ordered to be taken into custody was Ma Quanyi, Liu Chengyou's trusted general and the commander of the left wing of the Longqi Army.
Standing on the urn, Liu Chengyou lowered his head and looked at the officers and soldiers. His indifferent expression was intimidating. The hundreds of soldiers below also noticed Liu Chengyou and looked at him with uneasiness, fear and uneasiness.
"Are you aware of your guilt?" Liu Chengyou asked coldly after standing for a while.
"I have been convicted, Your Highness, please spare my life..." Just as if it had been rehearsed, an officer immediately knelt down. It was too cold, and his voice trembled with excitement.
Immediately afterwards, chaos and noise arose, all signs of repentance.
"Today's cold invasion is your punishment. If you do it again, you will not be spared!" Liu Chengyou said loudly: "Let them go."
"Thank you, Your Highness, for sparing your life!" Hearing this, the officers and soldiers who had violated discipline suddenly beamed with joy and thanked them.
"Let him go?" Ma Quanyi looked at Liu Chengyou in surprise. This was not Liu Chengyou's style.
"Let him go." Liu Chengyou repeated, and added: "After recording all the names, military positions, and names clearly, let him go!"
No matter what he thought in his heart, Liu Chengyou would not resist the decree... Furthermore, in the bottom of his heart, Liu Chengyou actually had no intention of killing all these soldiers. He had indeed killed enough when he was trying to calm down the chaos. The power of King Zhou was almost established.
Killing these people again will not be of great benefit to Liu Chengyou, but may have an effect that is more than enough. Although the army pays attention to strong military law, the army of this era, especially the army that is not armed with "correct ideas" , is not something to be trifled with. The best strategy is to control it with power and caress it with kindness.
However, these officers and soldiers recorded in the files have previous criminal records, and their future development in the military will not be very good.
Liu Zhiyuan was quite relieved to learn that Liu Chengyou had implemented his instructions without hesitation. As the sky gradually darkened, and when the city completely calmed down, Liu Zhiyuan finally left the imperial tent and stepped into Yedu again.
Liu Zhiyuan was no stranger to Yedu. Back then, he had been a stayer in Yedu for a period of time.
Before entering the city, Liu Zhiyuan issued another edict: Regarding military and political matters in Yedu, the king of Zhou will take care of the aftermath, and the merits of the officers and soldiers will be reported to the army for review, approval, and rewards will be transferred to the court to describe the merits.
Liu Zhiyuan's edict made Liu Chengyou particularly surprised. The weight of this mission was extremely heavy.
