() The generals quickly came to the central military tent with their deputies. Sun Chengzong explained to them the details of the elimination of troops and conducted a draw. If the number of cavalry drawn by the draw was not enough to monitor the infantry, Zu Dashou would decide
The cavalry of the Ministry was supplemented.
The results soon came out. According to the number of cavalry and infantry in each unit, Zu Dashou conveyed the order to the soldiers, who went out to pass the order and divided the cavalry to cooperate.
After the drawing of lots was completed, the deputies of each general also immediately went back to prepare. They agreed to take their positions at the second quarter of the morning (eight o'clock in the morning), and the trumpet sounded at the third quarter of the hour to begin the elimination of troops.
The chief generals from all walks of life stayed behind to accompany Sun Chengzong and Zhong Jinwei on their inspections to avoid injustice.
Lu Xiangsheng didn't come. He didn't trust his deputy military commander to deal with the eliminated soldiers, so he was busy at the assembly point himself.
At the gathering point of the Xuanfu soldiers, all the soldiers were in place, just sitting in a queue, waiting for the official start of the elimination.
A tall, strong but thinly-clad soldier was chatting with his companion next to him: "Wei San, do you think we can really get those five coins? This is a month's salary for those servants."
The companion called Wei San, whose real name was Wei Afu, was called Wei San because he was the third eldest child in his family. He was older and more experienced than the companion who just spoke. He said to this handsome companion: "
Li Laosi, don't worry too much about the reward. Those officials would take it seriously if they offered benefits. When we were captured, they even told us we were being paid. Look, you
Have you ever received it?”
Li Laosi shook his head, but Wei San actually cared more about the salary than he did. Because he had enough to eat alone and the whole family was not hungry, and Wei San had a wife and children at home, so when he went out to run errands for his employer, luck would come.
It's hard to get caught. Wei San always thought about his family, thinking that if he had money, he could take some back for use.
Wei San looked at Li Laosi and shook his head, stopped talking, sighed, and became stunned.
Li Laosi knew Wei San's thoughts and comforted him: "Wei San, don't worry. Even if you don't have five coins as a reward, you won't have to give it away. It's okay to give it less. When the time comes, I'll give you my share.
You can take it back with you."
Wei San raised his head and looked at Li Laosi. Looking at that sincere face, he was moved in his heart and said, "I won't say too much. If I can use my words one day, I won't have any problem."
Li Laosi patted Wei San on the shoulder and said, "You're welcome. I've been very upright these days. Thanks to you for helping us. Otherwise, we brothers wouldn't have to talk much if I had suffered."
Wei San also stretched out his left hand, patted Li Laosi's hand on his right shoulder, pressed it hard, and said: "Okay, let's stand first and compare with others."
At this moment, the horn sound of "woo woo woo" sounded, and the elimination of soldiers began.
Under the orders of the patrolling cavalry, everyone began to stand in line, not daring to move at all. Because their leader told them that if anyone moved and was eliminated, not only would they not be able to get the reward, but they would also be driven away.
, starved to death in the cold winter months.
The cavalrymen rode on their horses and looked down at these people, especially the cavalrymen who were not related to Ning. They stared at these infantrymen without blinking, as if every infantryman owed him some silver and was afraid of them.
It's like they ran away.
After the horn sounded, Sun Chengzong and Zhong Jinwei led their generals to mount their horses and start patrolling.
Time passed minute by minute, but those foot soldiers felt as if time had stopped. It felt like it had been a long time, but no one was seen unable to stand, as if they had just started standing.
Finally, as time continued to pass, some people couldn't stand it any longer. Those who were older and younger couldn't stand at first and started to move, or wanted to scratch an itch, or wanted to change positions, etc.
They were also afraid of being eliminated, so the range of these movements was very small, but they miscalculated the sharp eyes of the cavalry. As soon as the infantry made a move, those among the cavalry who saw it immediately excitedly drove their horses,
He rushed to the infantry, pointed the barrel of his gun at the man and marched out.
After the man reluctantly came out of the queue, he was driven to the gathering point for the elimination of troops.
At the beginning, only a few people were escorted to the assembly point, basically a cavalry escorting an infantry.
After about half an hour, you can see a cavalry man escorting two, three, or four infantrymen towards the gathering point.
It's like a drop of water slowly turned into a curtain of water droplets, and finally turned into thin streams.
Sun Chengzong and Zhong Jinwei were expressionless and did not speak. They took the lead in inspecting the elimination of soldiers in each camp.
Followed by a group of senior generals, the expressions were rich. Some were dejected, while others were gloating about their misfortune.
Those generals who are dejected often have just seen that many of the infantry in their own camp have been eliminated. And those who are gloating are naturally the generals who have not yet visited their own camp. Seeing that many soldiers in other camps have been eliminated, the quota will naturally increase.
He took up a lot, and he felt proud of his wise decision to instruct the cavalry.
However, soon, they could no longer laugh, because they found that many soldiers had been eliminated in their camp.
As more and more camps were inspected, the senior generals behind Sun Chengzong and Zhong Jinwei all looked sad and stared at the backs of Sun Chengzong and Zhong Jinwei with sad eyes, not knowing what they were thinking.
Wei San and Li Laosi have been working hard to persevere. Seeing the infantry being cleared out one after another, they secretly cheered themselves up and must persevere until the end.
Suddenly, a gust of cold wind blew over, making Wei San's nose unbearably itchy, and he sneezed.
A cavalryman who was patrolling the area happened to see it. He came over immediately, pointed his gun at Wei San and said: "Get out of the queue."
Wei San showed a pleading face and said: "Brother, we just sneezed, we didn't move."
The cavalry said impatiently: "If your head moves, it will move. Hurry up and get out of the queue."
Wei San begged: "Brother, we still have a wife and children at home waiting for me to bring money home. Please do me a favor."
The cavalryman became impatient and hit Wei San on the shoulder with the barrel of his gun, pulling Wei San out of the queue. He also cursed: "You are so shameless. I want us to do it."
When this incident first started, Li Laosi took an eye out. Seeing that this cavalryman was so unkind, he got angry and opened his mouth and said: "You are a birdman, did your mother raise it by your father? He didn't do it on purpose."
, is it illegal to sneeze?"
The cavalryman was already annoyed by Wei San's ink marks, but now he heard that someone dared to scold him. He turned to look at Li Laosi: "Is that what you said just now?"
Before Li Laosi could answer, he shot him down with a gun.
Li Laosi couldn't stand the behavior of this cavalry just now. In addition, he had a straight character and was not a leader who was willing to suffer losses. At the moment, he didn't care whether he was still standing or not, and directly reached out and grabbed the barrel of the gun.
The cavalryman didn't expect that he would dare to fight back. He was stunned for a moment and then became angry. He scolded and grabbed his gun back.
Unexpectedly, Li Laosi was much stronger than him, and he couldn't get it back after several attempts. Instead, Li Laosi, who was aroused, pulled him back and pulled him off the horse.
This time, the surrounding cavalry were alerted and they all gathered around. The infantry did not dare to move, but just kept their eyes on the situation here.
When the cavalry came around, they didn't ask what was going on. When they saw that a brother was being bullied, they immediately took action. They all picked up Li Laosi with their guns.
Li Laosi had a gun in his hand, but he did not dare to confront the group of cavalry directly, so he abandoned the gun and protected his head, squatting down to minimize the area to be beaten.
When Wei San saw that Li Laosi was being beaten by a group of people because of him, he became anxious and squeezed in. While shouting not to beat him, he threw himself on Li Laosi to block him.
The group of cavalrymen who were willing to listen to Wei San's words saw him charging at him, so they fought together.
Just when I was fighting vigorously, an old voice yelled over: "Stop, what are you making a fuss about!"
This group of cavalry was fighting vigorously, and it was not possible to stop just by stopping. Some of the cavalrymen who were beating people thought that someone was meddling in their own business again, so they turned around and prepared to beat them together. Then they froze, quickly pulled away to the side, dismounted, and lowered their horses.
He kept his head down and didn't dare to make any more noise.
Others immediately realized something was wrong and looked in the direction of the conversation.
Sun Chengzong was looking at them with an angry face. There were also supervisors and a large group of generals beside him.
He quickly stepped aside to dismount and waited for the leader to speak.
Li Laosi and Wei San also immediately noticed that the situation had changed. When they looked up, they saw a large group of senior officials kneeling on the ground involuntarily, waiting for the big shot to speak.