() Sun Chengzong straightened his face and said: "I will summon the generals to come back to discuss matters later. At that time, I will supervise the army..." At this point, Sun Chengzong stopped, glanced at Zhong Jinwei, and then said:
"A unified strategy for eliminating troops was formulated, that is, the cavalry was not included in the elimination of troops, and only the weak among the infantry were eliminated. The measure was to line up. All generals must follow this strategy."
At this point, Sun Chengzong stared into Zu Dashou's eyes and said: "At that time, there will be people who want to resist, or follow your previous example and lead the army away. With your precedent, there is nothing they can't do."
Zu Dashou began to break into a cold sweat. If these murderers were to imitate him, Emperor Chongzhen would not be able to blame all their sins on his own head. In the end, he would definitely not be able to escape the consequences of the fall. Thinking of this, he hurriedly clasped his fists and lowered his head.
Said: "The crime will end in death."
Sun Chengzong slowed down his tone and said to him: "This is also the time for you to make a meritorious service." Then he immediately said seriously: "If anyone dares to do this, I have discussed it with the supervisor and will be punished for escaping from the battle.
The army pursues and kills, no mercy." At the end, Sun Chengzong's words revealed a coldness.
People like Zu Dashou, who were accustomed to seeing life and death in Liaodong, didn't care at all about the cold-blooded meaning in Sun Chengzong's words, not to mention that his life-saving premise was based on this. Therefore, without thinking at all, he immediately
He said firmly: "I will obey your orders!"
Zhong Jinwei was stunned when he heard this. When had he discussed this matter with Sun Chengzong? However, he would not speak out against Sun Chengzong. It was obvious that this was the addition that Sun Chengzong said before.
After communicating with Zu Dashou in advance, Sun Chengzong started beating drums to gather generals again.
After waiting for a long time, after the generals had gathered together, Sun Chengzong spoke: "Have the generals thought of a way to argue between the weak and the strong?"
Naturally, no one made a sound. Not to mention that no one was willing to really think of a solution. It had only been a while since the meeting ended, and those at the far camp had just gone back and were called back, so there was still time to think about it.
"Okay, since no one is talking, let me tell you." Sun Chengzong didn't wait any longer.
"I think there is no need to eliminate the soldiers of Prefect Lu. Do you have any opinions, generals?"
The commanders below looked at Lu Xiangsheng, who was standing at the front. No one objected. First, it was because Lu Xiangsheng had reduced his troops from more than 10,000 to about 800, which was too cruel; second, because Lu Xiangsheng was a fourth-grade civil servant.
, although the rank is lower than them, but they are civil servants, who can afford to offend them.
Sun Chengzong saw that none of the generals below said anything, which was expected, so he added: "There is no need to eliminate the cavalry troops under each department. Do you have any opinions, generals?"
At this time, the generals below all looked at Zu Dashou, with envy and jealousy on their faces. Zu Dashou had passed the test. Some generals had really few cavalry troops, and they were a little unwilling to do so. They muttered below: "Why not?"
Eliminate?"
Sun Chengzong was old but had sharp ears. He shouted loudly: "If anyone thinks that there are weak soldiers in each cavalry army, go out and fight."
Zu Dashou followed Sun Chengzong's words, turned to the muttering generals, and looked at them fiercely. He had the momentum to drag them out for a decisive battle as soon as they said they would fight.
Everyone knew how the infantry under his command could defeat the cavalry, so the crowd became quiet again.
When Sun Chengzong saw that no one was talking, he said: "Very good. Since all the generals have agreed to my first two suggestions, there is only one unit left to eliminate the weak and retain the strong, and that is the infantry unit."
Having said this, he looked around, then looked at Zhong Jinwei, and said: "Uncle Zhongxing came here to supervise the implementation of the policy of eliminating the weak and retaining the strong according to the emperor's order. Now I have been informed of a rule that all generals must abide by."
The order must be carried out without any further excuses.”
Sun Chengzong was also cunning. When he said this, it seemed that the emperor had given a standard for everyone to implement. But if you look carefully, he didn't seem to say that it was the emperor's intention, but only said that Zhong Xingbo told him. However,
The fact is indeed Zhong Jin Weixian's plan.
At this time, Cao Minglei, the commander-in-chief of Baoding, came out first. He cupped his fists and saluted Sun Chengzong and said: "My soldier, I don't know what this principle is. Don't leave weak soldiers and eliminate strong ones."
"How about we eliminate them ourselves?"
"Yes, yes, this time, we will definitely increase our efforts."
"..."
A bunch of generals came out to talk, and it looked noisy, like a vegetable market.
Sun Chengzong slammed the table. The general who was talking below was startled and did not dare to say anything anymore. He looked at Sun Chengzong.
Zhong Jinwei was not frightened this time, because he had already turned his head to look at Sun Chengzong when he saw the chaos below.
"Don't you say that a strong force is a strong soldier if it is strong, and a strong soldier is a strong soldier if it is weak. This principle does not exclude whether strong force is strong or weak. It all conforms to the distinction between strong soldiers and weak pawns."
Having said this, Sun Chengzong looked at the generals below who were all looking at him. He wanted to know what this rule was, so he directly said: "The rule is to line up in formation. The soldier with the highest military discipline is temporarily considered the strongest soldier. If there is a line up,
I can't even stand up well, and I'm still having a fight."
Relying on his qualifications, Sun Chengzong also used foul language. Also, if you talk politely to these generals, they will not treat you favorably.
All generals know that the most basic thing for infantry is to fight in formation, so formation is the most basic. Who can say that a soldier who cannot form a good formation is a strong soldier?
But if this happens, the people he captured will be exposed, and the military households, even those who have been trained, will probably be eliminated.
This will definitely not work, and the generals will start to look for loopholes to oppose, and their eyes will roll around.
Hou Shilu, the commander-in-chief of the Xuanfu, came out and said: "I don't know how my soldiers should stand and what the limits are. If we have to stand for three days and three nights, even the sergeants can't bear it."
Sun Chengzong thought to himself: You should find me a soldier who can stand for three days and three nights. After thinking about it, the details still have to be announced: "There are more than 400,000 troops in the army, and I only need the last 80,000 people standing."
That’s it.”
This is a ratio of one to five. Each general secretly calculated in his mind and took a breath of air-conditioning. How many soldiers did he still have available?
It was Hou Shilu who spoke first: "My soldiers, have we eliminated too many soldiers? We have also eliminated relatively strong soldiers. If we only have this few soldiers left, what will happen if the Jianlu come back again?"
"Yes, yes, this ratio is too large."
"We can't take these soldiers anymore. If we eliminate so many soldiers, why don't we eliminate them all?"
"Yes, we have eliminated so many people, we might as well go back."
"..."
Sun Chengzong saw that these people were getting more and more ridiculous as they talked, and they really wanted to live like their ancestors. So, he took a look at Zhong Jinwei. Zhong Jinwei happened to look over, and he blinked.
Zhong Jinwei received the signal from Sun Chengzong and knew that it was time for him to appear. So he stood up from his chair and said loudly: "Do you want to rebel? You want to escape from the battle under the eyes of the emperor? Where is the law of the court? If someone really dares to do it,
If something stupid like this happens, don’t blame our supervisor for being ruthless.”
Gu Baichuan and Wang Peng were also smart people. They cooperated with Zhong Jinwei's words, took a step from behind him, and stared at the person who caused the most trouble, indicating the existence of Dongchang.
The general below was shouted at by Zhong Jinwei, stopped his mouth, and looked at Zhong Jinwei.
Zhong Jinwei tried his best to pretend to be ferocious and said: "Liaodong Commander-in-Chief, great birthday."
"The general is here." Zu Dashou knew that the time had come for him to show off, and responded loudly to Zhong Jinwei.
"If anyone dares to run away, you can lead your cavalry to kill them without any chance of surviving."
"General, I obey!" Zu Dashou replied very loudly, as if he was afraid that others wouldn't hear.
The generals below looked at each other in confusion. Didn't you run away first? You can run, but we can't.
In fact, people are like this. When they see others doing bad things and not being caught, they think it’s okay to do bad things. There is a precedent anyway. But what they don’t know is that even though that person did bad things and wasn’t caught, they are always being punished.
Worried about being caught.
Sun Chengzong looked at the situation below, thought for a moment, and broke the silence: "I know your difficulties, so I will fight for this position and give you a ratio of one to four. If the emperor blames me, just blame me. This
How about going down?"
In fact, the generals below are still not happy. Three-quarters of the soldiers still have to be eliminated. How much money will be lost? But looking at Zu Dashou and Zhong Jinwei, they dare not object anymore. The current King Qin’s army
, who can outrun Guan Ning's cavalry, and who can beat Guan Ning's cavalry.
These generals thought again. My soldiers only said that they would eliminate three-quarters of the total number. If other people's soldiers were eliminated first, their own soldiers would be kept. Thinking of this, their hearts became more active. So they all asked questions.
He said: "My soldier, I wonder whose soldiers will stand in line first to fight off the soldiers?"
They all hope that Sun Chengzong will arrange themselves until the end.