Hearing the shouts of the soldiers from the Tiger Wing Battalion, Liu Ziguang couldn't help but get angry. He suppressed his anger and waited for the arrival of reinforcements from the Death Battalion. There were hundreds of armed soldiers from the Tiger Wing Battalion in front of him, and it would be troublesome if there was a mutiny.
, it’s not a big deal to kill them all, but if your ability to run the army is questioned, it’s a big loss of face.
Seeing General Liu in trouble, the Guizhou cook pulled out his sword with a clang, put it on his neck and said: "General, from the day you rescued us from the slave camp, my life is yours.
I won’t make things difficult for you today. Anyway, you already have someone to support you, so it’s worth dying for me.” As he said this, he wiped his neck.
"Put down the knife!" Liu Ziguang's voice was full of irresistible majesty: "Your life is mine, I haven't let you die yet, why are you in such a hurry?"
Just as he was talking, smoke billowed in the distance and flames shot into the sky. Three hundred cavalrymen with their helmets pierced and armed with bows, arrows and spears were outflanking them. Then there were two hundred heavy infantrymen, carrying the banner of the death camp and holding torches.
They drove over in goose-step. When they heard that their brothers had been bullied by the Iron Guards, they were immediately furious. They armed themselves as quickly as possible and, led by several company commanders, rushed over to help.
Soldiers from the Death Battalion in red shirts surrounded the Iron Guards in black shirts. Their swords were unsheathed, their arrows were cocked, their spears were flashing with cold light, and their murderous faces were illuminated by pine oil torches.
The soldiers from the Tiger Wing Battalion came in a hurry and only carried swords. Fan Qiangqiang, a Qianhu of the Tiger Wing Battalion, was dead. The remaining officers had no backbone and did not dare to order a formation for defense. They could only watch Liu Ziguang helplessly.
Seeing that his people had arrived, Liu Ziguang felt confident. He pressed the handle of the knife and began to announce the outcome: "Those who stir up trouble should be killed according to the law. Since the guy who led the trouble is dead, there will be no further investigation. Anyone who commits a private fight and kills will be killed."
This article does not apply here. It refers to intentional homicide. The person who died today was due to a mistake, so he cannot be beheaded. As for the military sticks that gathered in the crowd to fight, everyone present today has a share, one hundred for those who did it, and five for those who did not.
Ten, let the military discipline team enforce it."
"We don't accept it!" a man who looked like a captain said angrily, "Killing must be punished with life. Who are you? Why should you protect the murderer? We want Fan Qianhu to uphold justice!"
"Fan Qianhu intends to rebel and has been given the title. This is Mr. Liu, the current commander of the third battalion, who is also in charge of the Tiger Wing Camp. Why don't you kneel down!" Hu Xianjue shouted from the side. He was afraid that this captain who did not know the heights of the world would offend him.
Liu Ziguang was beheaded by this violent general.
The soldiers knelt down under the officer's order, but the captain still twisted his neck and said stubbornly: "General Liu prefers one to another, but we still don't accept it!"
Just when Liu Ziguang was about to get angry, Li Yan, who had been silent next to him, said softly: "The palms and backs of the hands are full of meat. If the general can hold a bowl of water level and sacrifice the life of a cook in exchange for the loyalty of the Tiger Wing Camp, wouldn't everyone be happy?
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It seems that this Li Yan is really making suggestions for himself. With one life, he won the trust of a battalion of soldiers. Any general who is good at handling troops will kill the guy without hesitation, but Liu Ziguang is not a general at all, and he doesn't care at all.
Whether the Tiger Wing Battalion is loyal or not, in his heart, the lives of his brothers are the most important. If the men and horses of the Tiger Wing Battalion dare to mutiny, they will all be killed.
"Where is the saying about the palm of the hand and the back of the hand? Yes, the Death Battalion is the palm of my hand. The Tiger Wing Battalion is just my subordinate in name. These people have never seen me at all. They are Fan Jianqiang's palm, which is almost the same. The cook fetching water is
The people who cook for me, Tiger Wing Camp, are urinating upstream, and they are urinating into my bowl. Don’t talk about them, I’m afraid the generals wouldn’t be able to help but kill people, right?” Liu Ziguang said.
"After all, someone died in Tiger Wing Camp. We don't want to be unable to explain it at once. This is good." Liu Ziguang pulled out a slender dagger from his boot and threw it to the cook, "Open the eyes of all the heroes in Tiger Wing Camp."
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Just three swords and six holes."
Without saying a word, the Guizhou cook took the dagger and pressed the tip of the knife to his thigh. It was extremely nerve-challenging to pierce several transparent holes in his body. The cook slaughtered countless dogs and pigs, but he never did it on himself.
Passing the knife, he looked at General Liu, and then at the hundreds of soldiers from the Tiger Wing Battalion who were kneeling on the ground and staring at him. He gritted his teeth, pressed down with his upper body, and stabbed the dagger into his thigh. The sharp tip of the knife passed through his thigh.
The bottom was exposed, he suddenly pulled out the dagger, and a stream of blood came out. Before the pain caused by the first knife spread to the whole body, he followed with the second knife, and then the third knife, three and six.
The hole was unambiguous. After pricking it, the cook threw away the knife and passed out on the spot. His pants were stained red with blood. The comrades around him hurriedly tore off strips of cloth from their clothes to tie his thighs and bandage the wound.
"Send him back for treatment." Liu Ziguang said. This cook has not embarrassed him. He has not been a coward from beginning to end. This injury should not cost his life, or even make him disabled. The cook is still very familiar with the bones and blood of the human body.
If it hurts the aorta, it will definitely be fine. The long dagger is used by Liu Ziguang to pull door bolts and sharpen things. The blade is thin, light and extremely sharp, and the wound caused will not be very big. If it were replaced with another three-edged bayonet of his, I'm afraid it would be serious.
A life was lost.
Three swords and six holes are the internal rules of Jianghu gangs, and the Iron Guards are regarded as private armed forces, and they still approve of this system. The soldiers all fell silent when they saw this scene. The team leader who was leading the trouble was still shouting: "I don't accept it!"
I still don’t accept it, why is the life of the person in red clothes worth more than the life of our Tiger Wing Battalion? The three stabs and six holes are just superficial wounds, how can we offset the crime of murder? This is unfair!"
As soon as he complained, the soldiers began to murmur again, suspecting that Liu Ziguang's punishment for the murderer was too light. Li Yan sighed softly and said in an extremely low voice: "Reckless man", he didn't know.
Are you talking about this squad leader or Liu Ziguang?
"Fair, what qualifications do you have to be fair? Each of the brothers in the Death Battalion can fight five Qing soldiers, how many can you fight? How many people in the Tiger Wing Battalion are more powerful than them? This is an army, not a yamen, and we share life and death together.
"Brothers, on the other hand there are guys who urinate in my rice bowl, and guys who gather together to defy officials, why should I give you fairness?" Liu Ziguang looked directly into the eyes of the squad leader and said.
"Death camp!" Liu Ziguang shouted loudly.
"Here!" the five hundred soldiers roared in unison, causing everyone's eardrums to hurt.
"Take down all the officers and soldiers of the Tiger Wing Battalion present and beat them with military sticks. Anyone who dares to resist will be killed on the spot!" Liu Ziguang ordered.
None of the officers above the 100th General of the Tiger Wing Battalion participated in the riot, so they were exempted from military sticks. Without their leadership, the remaining soldiers were leaderless. They could only place their weapons obediently and squat on the ground under the spear points of the death battalion, holding their hands.
First, the military discipline team counted the number and found that there were six hundred people, and they were all soldiers from the Tiger Wing Battalion, not people from other battalions.
"Fan Qiangqiang is really sloppy in running the army." Liu Ziguang shook his head repeatedly and said to the stubborn team leader: "You are very talented. I will give you a fair today. I don't need to kill the people in the camp if I beat them with military sticks.
The military disciplinary team will enforce the law."
The Military Disciplinary Corps is organized into one division, with a total of one hundred people. One hundred people spank six hundred people. Obviously there are not enough manpower, so they have to take turns. The first ones to be beaten are the soldiers from both sides who participated in the fight. These one hundred military sticks
The beating was so hard that dozens of buttocks were bruised and bruised. The troublemaking soldiers in the Tiger Wing Battalion screamed one after another, but there was no life in the Death Battalion. It was not that the military discipline team was selfish, but that they had been beaten too many times in the past and their tempers were already very tough.
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After the first batch of military stick beatings, those who were beaten could no longer walk. The military discipline team was still very measured in their attacks and beat them severely without causing any harm to their lives. However, these people could not walk on the ground for many days.
Next, he beat those soldiers who gathered to make trouble but did not start a fight. Before he was executed, Liu Ziguang said: "There are still hundreds of people below who need to be beaten. You must distribute your physical strength evenly."
After receiving the general's instructions, the military discipline team was more measured in their attacks. Although the military discipline team were all strong men with big shoulders and round waists, each of them had to swing the military stick six hundred times, which was quite physically demanding. They couldn't hit hard first.
Afterwards, the beatings were light, so they evened out the force to ensure that each soldier who was beaten was in pain that touched his soul, but was not unable to move on the ground.
This military club beating was so dark that even the Forbidden Army camp heard the noise. Zu Dashou, who returned to the camp late at night, sent Wu Sangui to inquire about the situation. Wu Sangui was so shocked that he saw General Liu beating hundreds of people with military sticks.
, look at these people, they are so bold and elegant when playing with military sticks, it is really different.
After fighting for an hour, the military stick meeting was finally over. Looking at the soldiers lying on the ground with their buttocks blooming, Liu Ziguang nodded with satisfaction and shouted at the top of his voice: "After this military stick fighting, we will die in the camp."
Let’s forget it with Liang Zi from the Tiger Wing Battalion. If anyone dares to bring this up again, no matter which camp he is from, I will kill him without mercy!”
The soldiers groaned, but their ears were fixed to listen to Liu Ziguang's words. He continued: "From now on, I, Liu Ziguang, will temporarily lead the Tiger Wing Camp. You can also be considered my brothers. I am the most talkative person."
Loyalty, stand up for your brothers, I firmly support it, but you can't violate military discipline, so I want to beat your military stick. The brothers from the Tiger Wing Battalion who are here today are all good brothers with loyalty. We will all have a day off tomorrow to let you recover from your injuries.
If you give me another tael of silver, I will reward you for your loyalty."
The soldiers were stupid. They understood that they would be beaten for making troubles, but they didn't understand that rewards were needed for making troubles. Only General Manager Bai, the grassroots cadres who thought they knew the art of leadership, understood General Liu's intentions. This is called clear rewards and punishments.
, slap him in the face and give him a jujube to eat. After I get back, I have to tell the soldiers that this General Liu is no ordinary person.
The beaten soldiers supported each other and returned to camp. Liu Ziguang said to the generals: "The dead soldier should be considered as killed in battle, and he will be given a double pension. I am really sorry that I have caused everyone to be unable to rest so late today. I will wait for another day."
I entertain you all as an apology. Let’s leave now and get some rest early.”
The generals hurriedly said they didn't dare, and after bidding farewell to the general, they went back in groups of three or three, not least talking about the new leader on the way.
After watching everyone leave, Liu Ziguang anxiously returned to the camp and went directly to the cooks' tent to visit everyone. The Guizhou cook was still in a coma, but had already been given gold wound medicine, wrapped with clean gauze, and lay quietly on the bed.
The other cooks who were beaten were all veteran soldiers. They knew that the general was partial to them, so they all felt grateful and kept lying on the bed to thank Liu Ziguang.
Liu Ziguang said: "You did the right thing today. When you are bullied, you must retaliate. No matter who the other person is, I will be responsible for the big trouble. But you can't use your power to bully others. Then I will punish you."
The brothers who were beaten will each receive one hundred taels and have a ten-day holiday; Little Guizhou will receive five hundred taels for medical expenses and will have a holiday until the injury heals."
Everyone was happy, this military stick was worth it, one stick was one tael of silver, and they would be happy even if they were beaten by General Liu.
Early the next morning, Zu Dashou, the chief officer of Dong Daying, beat drums to gather the generals and summoned officers from more than a thousand households to the big tent to discuss matters. Liu Ziguang and Hu Xianjue took Li Yan with them, and Wang Dahai also stood in the team. The iron guards were not among the officers.
The military series were purely voluntary participation in the war, so Zu Dashou was very polite to them. Wu Sangui had already reported in detail what happened yesterday. Zu Dashou had no interest in interfering with their internal issues. He was interested in the fifteen hundred pills.
Human heads, this pile of heads that were about to stink were just decorations for Liu Ziguang. To the officers and soldiers, they were treasures of real money and ironclad evidence for evaluating military achievements.
Zu Dashou first praised the bravery and prowess of the death camp, and then expressed concern about so many heads placed at the gate of the camp. Secondly, it was unsightly. It was spring, and it would be bad if someone contracted the disease. It was better to hand it over to the army for burial as soon as possible.
More appropriate.
Liu Ziguang was modest and said that Wu Sangui had a great contribution to this, and then said that there was no use keeping the head, so he would just leave it to the officers and soldiers to bury it.
Everyone was happy now, and Zu Dashou said happily: "Tonight Cui Shangshu is hosting a banquet for all the meritorious generals on the Yanzhou front. General Liu made great contributions during the Battle of Liguo and has never been rewarded by the court. This time I intend to take you with me."
Go and ask for an official position in front of Lord Shangshu. I wonder if the general is willing?"
"Liu just won a few battles by luck. Thanks to the great love of General Zu, I dare not obey my order." Liu Ziguang immediately agreed, and he took advantage of tonight's banquet to expose Cui Chengxiu's conspiracy to collude with the Qing Dynasty.