With a cry of "A certain family is dissatisfied!" a big man stood up, it was Wang Dahai of Qianhu in Huben Camp. He said angrily: "Ten cuts and twenty punishments" is not used that way, even if Fan Qianhu has not sounded the three-way drum,
When you get to the main tent, you will be punished with fifty military sticks. Where does the punishment of beheading come from? Such a careless disregard of human life, Deputy General Liu, you are clearly avenging public revenge!"
"You remember the military regulations very well, but did I mention that he was executed because he was late and pretended to be ill? I executed Fan Qiangqiang because he was provoking trouble and intending to rebel!" Liu Ziguang stared at Wang Dahai and said, pointing to the outside of the account.
Several Tiger Wing Battalion soldiers brought by Fan Jianqiang outside have been controlled by Liu Ziguang's people.
The military code of "picking quarrels and provoking trouble" mainly applies to ordinary soldiers, and is used to prevent private fighting in the army. It is unheard of to be applied to officers. Everyone feels that something is wrong, but there is nothing in the military regulations that cannot be applied to officers. This loophole is
He was caught by Liu Ziguang. The charge of intending to rebel was a big hat. He led the troops directly into the Chinese army, pointed at the nose of the commander and cursed. It was not impossible to be said that he wanted to rebel. Therefore, Fan Jianqiang did not die unjustly.
Wang Dahai was speechless for a moment. He didn't have a very close personal relationship with Fan Jianqiang on weekdays, but they had the same view of the new deputy general Liu, and they both looked down on this general who was only as brave as an ordinary man. Now Liu Ziguang is a senior official.
With his sword skills, Fan Jianqiang was struck violently, but he was still very aggrieved.
"Fan Qianhu has made great achievements in battle, but he is just dissatisfied with your role as deputy general. How can he be beheaded immediately?" Wang Dahai continued to say harshly.
"Can you commit rebellion without being punished if you have merit? I heard that the former deputy factory owner Yu Hualong had a lot of merit, but once he rebels, he will not be punished. Wang Qianhu, you always go against me, don't you accept it?
Me? Do you also want to test whether my blade is sharp?" Liu Ziguang said, touching the handle of the knife.
"Your blade is very sharp, as I have seen just now, but the blade of a certain family is not bad at all!" Wang Dahai said decisively: "Although you are highly skilled in martial arts, it is just the courage of an ordinary man. Being a captain, flag general, etc. is okay, as the saying goes.
To command a soldier and resolve doubts in the face of difficulties is to be a general, but to wield a sword is not to be a general. As the general of three thousand of us, most people here must be unconvinced. Can you kill us all?
It can’t be dropped.”
"Oh, then tell me what kind of talent is worthy of being your general. If he is really better than me, then I am willing to give in to the talented one." Liu Ziguang said in his heart that relying on iron and blood methods alone is not enough. These guys are still very talented. In the end,
So that I can really conquer them.
"Of course there is a handsome man who is skilled in bows and horses and can strategize, and that is Li Yan, the commander-in-chief of Huwei Camp!" Wang Dahai said loudly: "Li Qianhu has been familiar with military books since he was a child, and he loves soldiers like his own son. He is deeply loved by the soldiers. The day before yesterday, he personally
When he led more than a thousand cavalry from his headquarters on patrol, he happened to encounter 3,000 elite cavalry from the Zhengbai Banner of the Qing Army. With no way to retreat, Li Qianhu took the lead and fought a head-on battle with the Tatars, sacrificing 300 of his brothers.
However, they killed 600 enemies, which proved that the cavalry of Huwei Camp were better at field combat than the Tatar cavalry. The Tatars were so powerful that fighting head-on was definitely not an option. Li Qianhu arranged for dozens of riders to ride in the nearby woods and drag tree branches with their tails.
, raising smoke and dust to create the illusion that reinforcements were coming, scaring the Tatars so much that they left their corpses on the ground and fled. Do you think such a brave and resourceful general is better than a slave-born general who has never led an army?
How much more suitable would it be for a man to be our master?"
Unexpectedly, this Li Yan was still a powerful character. Liu Ziguang couldn't help but take a closer look at the duty officer Li Yan. He saw that he was only twenty-seven or twenty-seven years old. He had a fair complexion, a long body, and was wearing heavy armor but he was still agile.
Sure enough, he had the demeanor of a Confucian general. When he saw Liu Ziguang's eyes sweeping over him, Li Yan remained unmoved and adhered to his duties as a duty officer. His expression remained as usual, as if the person Wang Dahai mentioned was not him at all.
"One thousand against three thousand, 300 self-inflicted wounds and 600 enemies killed. It is indeed an impressive record. The cavalry of the Xuzhou Army can only fight one-on-one with the Qing soldiers. It seems that Li Qianhu is really a talented general.
"Liu Ziguang praised.
"But on the way to Yanzhou, I happened to meet 1,500 Tatars with the Zhengbai Banner. These guys saw us as a transport team with only 100 cavalry and 400 infantry escorts, so they thought we were just a big piece of fat.
.But when they encountered my general, they did not eat fat but gnawed on iron plates. You can see the specific results when you go to the gate of my death camp. Alas, we also unfortunately lost more than 30 people in battle. It is a pity.
." Liu Ziguang said.
The relationship between the death camp and the Iron Guard has never been very harmonious, so the barracks were not grouped together, but formed into separate camps. According to Liu Ziguang's instructions, 1,500 human heads were piled in a pyramid shape outside the camp gate. At this time, it may be possible
Just finished.
Liu Ziguang thought that it would be more convincing to speak with facts. He led thirty-five generals to the gate of the death camp, pointed to the bloody pyramid of human heads and said: "I'm not good at arithmetic, who of you can?"
How many heads are there in total?"
Most of the generals had learned arithmetic such as chickens and rabbits living in the same cage. They quickly calculated the number of heads based on the length, width and height of the pyramid. It was exactly 1,500. It took several hours before the heads were chopped off.
The color was gone, but the features were still lifelike. The generals and subordinates were used to seeing the faces of the Qing army, and knew that these were definitely not just random massacres of villagers, or even Han army green battalions, but authentic Manchu Eight Banners soldiers. The top one
One of the heads was specially equipped with a helmet. Wang Dahai recognized who it was at a glance. He pointed at the head and shouted: "Isn't that the fierce general Ebilong under Obai? I have fought with him several times.
It’s his fault.”
Upon seeing this, Liu Ziguang sneered and said: "I served in the death camp with 500 cavalry. When I was taking a lunch break, I encountered a surprise attack by the Qing army. I hurriedly fought and annihilated all the enemy troops. I beheaded 1,500 people and lost 30 to myself. I don't know if such a record can be included in the list."
Wang Qianhu’s discernment?”
"I am afraid of my humble position." Wang Dahai knelt on one knee and apologized to Liu Ziguang. What changed him was not just the fifteen hundred heads, but also the meticulous execution of the death camp, which was clearly an expert in marching formations.
The iron camp was built with hands.
Heavily armed guards stood at the gate of the camp. Two-foot-high turrets were set up at the four corners of the camp. Sentinels with telescopes stood on them. The camp was arranged in an orderly manner. Drainage ditches were dug outside the tents. Horses were tied next to the cavalry tents.
Weapons are stuck on the ground, ready to mount and fight at any time. The vehicles form a semicircular defensive circle, and the ballistae and cannons are pointing outside. In a short period of time, such a well-organized camp has been set up. This army has such a high level of strength.
Everyone couldn't help but admire the efficiency. In fact, Liu Ziguang had nothing to do with it. He didn't know anything about leading troops to fight, marching and setting up camps. It was all organized by the company commanders below.
Wang Dahai took it for granted that this was the result of Liu Ziguang's rigorous military management. Even when he was ambushed, he could still calmly respond to the battle, inflict 30 self-inflicted wounds, and annihilate 1,500 enemy troops. His impressive record was really too powerful.
. He said with sincerity: "Vice-General Liu is indeed a man who knows the military. He was reckless in his humble position. Please punish the general."
Liu Ziguang couldn't help but feel proud of being able to subdue the general without using a knife. He stood up straight, summoned up his domineering aura, and said with full force: "It doesn't matter, Wang Qianhu is also an upright person, I appreciate it very much."
When the other generals saw this scene, they had nothing to say. The situation was stronger than the situation. They had strong backers, high official ranks, high martial arts skills, and were even more skilled in fighting. There was no point in disobeying them.
Everyone bowed together and saluted: "General Shenwu, we respect you." At least on the surface everyone recognized Liu Ziguang as their superior.
"Easy to say, easy to say." Liu Ziguang stretched out his hand that had just killed the man to support Wang Dahai, and said to everyone: "We are all brothers from now on. I hope that we can work together to kill the Tatars."
Suddenly, a flag general from the patrol camp ran over panting holding an iron helmet. They didn't know Liu Ziguang yet. He reported to the duty officer Li Yan: "Master Qi, something bad has happened. The new gang of boys and our
A fight broke out between people trying to grab water, and they were very cruel and seriously injured several brothers in the Tiger Wing Battalion."
Li Yan shouted: "Damn, we are our brothers! Vice General Liu is in charge of the overall situation here. If you have anything, please report it to the general."
General Qi was wearing the standard black uniform of the Iron Guard. He followed Li Yan's instructions and looked at Liu Ziguang. He was shocked to find that the newly appointed General Liu and the new guys were wearing the same red uniform. He couldn't help but feel sad in his heart.
He thought smartly and said bravely: "I have met General Liu."
Liu Ziguang knew that this flag was always a small officer responsible for observing military discipline. He usually patrolled the camp with dozens of subordinates, with red ribbons on their arms and military sticks. If they encountered violations of military discipline, they could deal with them on the spot, which was equivalent to the military police.
The new guys he just mentioned are undoubtedly brothers from the Death Battalion. I didn’t expect that the friction between the two armies would appear so quickly. It was like one wave after another.
"How many people died? How did you deal with it?" Liu Ziguang asked calmly. What he was most concerned about was whether the fight was won or not. He also knew the temper of his men. If a fight started, people would definitely die. If
When faced with the suppression by the military discipline corps, I am afraid that the military police also attacked them.
"Back to the general, the new brothers who arrived today had a conflict with the Tiger Wing Battalion when they were collecting water from the river. One person died. Now they are confronting the people from the Tiger Wing Battalion, and the military discipline team cannot suppress them."
"Let's go take a look." Liu Ziguang was afraid that his own people would suffer, so he quickly asked General Qi to lead the way to the scene of the incident. He even gave his own soldiers a look, and the soldiers knowingly slipped back to the big tent to pull reinforcements.
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When the army sets up camp, it usually chooses to be near a water source. Each battalion sends a water truck to fetch water for tens of thousands of people to drink and wash. The death camp set up camp relatively late, so it hasn't cooked yet. Each company sent a cook and a water truck to the river.
While fetching water, they met a group of Iron Guards from the Tiger Wing Camp. The Iron Guards and the Death Battalion had a long-standing conflict, and both had a blood feud with many lives. Therefore, the Iron Guards wanted to take this opportunity to seek revenge, so they ran to the creek.
They went upstream to urinate together, which angered the cooks of the death camp. Without any unnecessary nonsense, they went up and beat them up. The two gangs fought together. In the melee, the most arrogant iron guard was pushed into the water and drowned alive.
Fortunately, the two sides did not use weapons, otherwise not one or two people would have died. After hearing the news, the military discipline team rushed over and beat them with water and fire sticks. They finally separated the two sides. Only then did the Tiger Wing Battalion find out that their leader was dead.
So they started making trouble again, demanding the other party's life, and called in more soldiers from the Tiger Wing Battalion. If it weren't for the military discipline team to protect them, those few cooks might have been torn into pieces by the angry iron guards.
When Liu Ziguang came to the scene with the generals, more people had gathered. Many of the iron guards even put on armor and held long spears and sabers. The crowd was excited, and they showed a posture of never withdrawing their troops unless the murderer was punished. See
When the officers arrived, the arrogance of the soldiers suddenly dropped a lot. The commander-in-chief of Tiger Wing Camp quickly gathered his soldiers, and then the military discipline team and ten cooks were revealed in the encirclement.
Liu Ziguang walked closer and saw that all the cooks had bruises on their noses and swollen faces, and blood on their faces. They all looked like they were not afraid of death.
"Did you suffer a loss?" Liu Ziguang asked.
"I didn't embarrass the general. I killed one of them. We all suffered superficial wounds." The cooks reported proudly.
"Very good, you are worthy of being the cook of our death camp." Liu Ziguang seemed to have returned to the time when he was a slave. At that time, everyone dealt with the iron guards together, and they shared the same hatred.
But now he is the deputy general of the Iron Guard, and his palms and backs are all flesh. The Iron Guard will definitely not be convinced by his favoritism. If this matter is not handled properly, it may affect the distrust of the Three Thousand Iron Guards in him, and will also
This further deepened the hatred between the two armies.
"Well done, who killed him?" Liu Ziguang asked.
A cook stood up and said, "It's me." This man was an old acquaintance of Liu Ziguang. It was this cook who was a prisoner of war in Guizhou who cooked the second lady's pet dog Black Tiger into a pot of Huajiang skin-on dog meat.
"How should we deal with it according to military regulations?" Liu Ziguang asked the flag general of the military discipline team.
"Those who pick quarrels and cause trouble shall be beheaded; those who fight in private fights and kill people shall be beheaded; those who gather to fight will be beheaded with a hundred military sticks; those who use weapons to fight shall be beheaded." Mr. Qi was very familiar with the Iron Guard's military discipline and immediately listed several crimes involved today.
The cooks' expressions changed slightly after hearing this. Do they really want to kill someone to pay for it with their own lives?
Liu Ziguang paced back and forth. It was a difficult decision whether he wanted military morale or brothers. Everyone's eyes fell on him. The soldiers of the Tiger Wing Battalion calmed down a little under the pressure of the officers. Now they saw
The new general did not immediately order the murderer to be dealt with, and a commotion started again, "Kill for life!" Someone shouted, and then more people shouted: "Kill for life! Kill for life!"