Zhu Hongyu's face was frighteningly gloomy, and just sitting there, there was a sense of low pressure surrounding him.
People couldn't help but lower their heads and didn't dare to look at him!
Zhu Hongyu was also furious.
Since the army just broke out of camp yesterday and the sentry cavalry reported that they encountered the Qing army's forward, Zhu Hongyu did not let the Ming army continue marching, but camped on the bank of the Yangtze River.
After repairing all night, we are ready to go into battle at any time!
He just got up this morning and was going to have breakfast and go on a tour of the military camp to comfort the soldiers before the battle.
Then he ordered the army to continue marching towards Nanjing.
However, as soon as he got up in the morning, Jin Yiwei reported to him a big thunder.
Last night, Ming army soldiers secretly left the camp and harassed several villages near the army camp!
The rebels looted property, raped women, even saw blood, and caused several lives!
Moreover, these rebels were very threatened by the thieves who had harmed the village, and were not allowed to complain to the army, otherwise the village would be massacred.
If those rebel soldiers were not discovered by secret sentries around the Ming army camp on their way back to the camp, and captured them.
Maybe they can really hide this matter.
The moment Zhu Hongyu heard the news, his anger surged up uncontrollably, and his face, which was not fair, turned red.
How many times has he publicly stressed the need to pay attention to military discipline?
The results of it?
Someone had done this to him on the eve of the war!
How the hell do you not take Zhu Hongyu’s words seriously?!
The only thing that made Zhu Hongyu feel a little relieved was that the rebels who violated military law this time were almost all Guiyi troops who were prisoners of war, as well as a small number of Zheng army soldiers.
Soldiers of the Liberation Army were photographed for military discipline and did not dare to participate!
Otherwise, Zhu Hongyu would probably be pissed to death!
Zhu Hongyu became even more angry when he knew that the current green battalion soldiers of the Qing Army "loved the people like sons".
Co-author, the military discipline of the Ming army is actually worse than that of the Qing army?
Zhu Hongyu’s old face will be completely disgraced!
"Yesterday, our army was stationed by the river. The villages around the camp sent people to bring large and small carts of supplies to reward the army."
"In front of countless people, I accepted the military supplies from my fellow villagers and made a promise that the army will have strict military discipline and will not do anything to disturb or harm the people!"
"The results of it?"
"Such an incident happened that night. Are the people below taking Gu's words as fart?"
Everyone was scolded and did not dare to raise their heads.
Zhu Hongyu took a deep breath and then announced.
"Send the order and summon all the military academies for inspection, and then send people to invite all the folks in the villages and towns around the camp to observe."
"In front of everyone, I will punish all the rebel soldiers who dare to violate military law and show their heads to the public."
"The superior officers directly under these rebel soldiers will be dismissed from their posts, and all the superior officers will be recorded with a major demerit!"
After saying this, Zhu Hongyu glanced around, and there was no doubt about it.
His eyes focused on Zheng Chenggong, because several of the rebels who violated military discipline this time were soldiers of Zheng's army.
Zheng Chenggong seemed to have noticed Zhu Hongyu's gaze, bowed slightly, and took the lead in speaking.
"Leave it to His Royal Highness the Supervisor!"
Zhu Hongyu nodded with satisfaction. In any case, Zheng Chenggong did not hold him back in this matter.
Zheng Chenggong seemed to have made up his mind and then spoke.
"Reporting to Your Highness, I am not supervising you strictly. As a result of what happened last night, I feel really guilty."
"In order to prevent similar things from happening in the future, I would like to ask His Majesty the Supervisor to send relevant personnel from the Ministry of Military Justice to the camp where Lao Cheng's troops are stationed."
"From now on, the Military Law Department will supervise the military law and discipline in the army for the veterans!"
Zhu Hongyu was a little surprised when he heard this. Zheng Chenggong had given up power to him again!
Since Zheng Chenggong took the initiative, how could Zhu Hongyu not agree?
So, he readily agreed!
After saying this, Zhu Hongyu was ready to leave.
At this moment, Hu Dinggao, under tremendous pressure, stood up and begged for mercy.
"Your Highness, the general has something to say!"
Zhu Hongyu stopped, narrowed his eyes, and asked.
"Is there anything else you want to say?"
Hu Dinggao took a deep breath and then spoke.
"Reporting to Your Highness, now that the war is coming, it is time for the soldiers to sacrifice their lives on the battlefield."
"Your Highness, please think twice and deal with those rebel soldiers leniently, punish them with small punishments and give them big warnings. Put them into the forward battalion and give them a chance to atone for their sins!"
In Hu Dinggao's view, the army was about to go to war with the Qing captives, and it was really annoying that someone violated military law at this time.
However, everything must give priority to war!
What Zhu Hongyu should do now is to suppress the matter and deal with it after the war!
If a few rebel soldiers were severely punished before the war, the morale of the army would be reduced.
This is not worth the loss!
The expression on Zhu Hongyu's face was stagnant and slightly complicated.
But before he could refuse Hu Dinggao's advice, the Minister of Military Justice Yu Antai stood up and refuted it.
"Hu Dinggao, as a general in the army, do you take general and French military discipline into consideration?"
"Military orders are like mountains and military laws are like heaven, which must not be violated!"
"How can we discount the implementation of military law just because a war is approaching?"
"If today our Military Law Department could show mercy to a group of rebel soldiers who violated military law because the war is approaching."
"Then in the future, wouldn't it be true that before every war, there will be rebels who dare to plunder and cause harm to places and provoke military law?"
"If this is the case, where is the majesty of military law? Where is the majesty of Ming Dynasty?!"
"How will our Military Law Department enforce military law in the future?!"
After saying this, Yu Antai ignored Hu Dinggao and bowed deeply to Zhu Hongyu.
"Please, Your Highness the Governor, make the decision for the innocent people who were looted and harmed by the rebels!"
Yu Antai's words completely dispelled Zhu Hongyu's hesitation.
Looking around, Zhu Hongyu spoke.
"No need to say anything, just follow Gu's orders!"
After saying that, Zhu Hongyu rolled up his sleeves and left.
After Zhu Hongyu left, everyone in the tent also dispersed.
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Zheng Chenggong returned to his tent, summoned his generals, and began to curse.
"Niang Xipi, you have fucking embarrassed me!"
"How do you manage your subordinates?"
"Under the eyes of His Royal Highness, there are people who dare to sneak out of the camp at night to harm the people!"
"Where can I leave this old face under the supervision of the Imperial Palace?"
"Look at what those rebels are doing!"
"To put it bluntly, the Guiyi Army is just a group of prisoners of war and cannon fodder."
"It's okay if they ignore military discipline. They are a bunch of bad soldiers. It's understandable, but what about our Zheng Jun?"
"We are all members of the Ming Dynasty, so why didn't anyone in the Liberation Army do anything to cause trouble in the place?"
"Don't you feel embarrassed?"
"Still, do you think His Highness Jian Guo dare not kill people?"
Liu Guoxuan stood up and said.
"Please rest assured, Your Majesty, when the general comes back, he will organize his troops and maintain strict military discipline!"
"Promise something like this will never happen again!"
Zheng Chenggong glanced sideways at Liu Guoxuan, and then continued to speak.
"No need!"
"I have requested His Royal Highness, the Supervisor, to dispatch relevant personnel from the Military Law Department to our army camp to take charge of our army's military law and discipline issues!"
"From now on, all military laws and disciplines of our Zheng Army will be conducted in accordance with the standards of the Liberation Army."
After everyone heard the words, they immediately started talking, and many people raised objections.