Qiu Zhen couldn't help but watch Ziying receive such a severe punishment. As a general, as the commander of an army, it is a great honor to die in front of the two armies. It is undoubtedly a coward to be dismissed from office and die at home.
It's a great shame.
He said urgently: "Your Majesty, General Ziying is very loyal to your Majesty. Since joining your Majesty's side, he has led the Sky Eagle Army to conquer the north and south, and has made countless military achievements. I hope that your Majesty, in view of General Ziying's contribution, will...
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Tang Yin interrupted expressionlessly: "I only let him go home because of his military exploits. Otherwise, how could I allow him to survive?"
Seeing that Tang Yin was angry now and no matter how he tried to persuade him, Qiu Zhen wisely chose to shut up and stop talking.
After Qiu Zhen left, Wuying walked a few steps quickly and got behind Tang Yin. Looking at his stiff back, she reached back and took off the cloak behind her, and threw it behind Tang Yin.
Tang Yin stopped and looked back at Wuying.
Wuying's face turned slightly red and she whispered: "It's cold outside."
Tang Yin nodded, but still pulled off Wuying's coat, handed it back to her hand, and said, "I'm not cold!" He was so angry that he was about to burn. How could he still feel cold?
Wuying looked at his handsome and resolute face and said softly: "Your Majesty should not hurt his body for a sycophant like Ziying."
Is Ziying considered a sycophant? Even though Tang Yin wanted to cut Ziying into pieces, from the bottom of his heart, he did not think Ziying was a sycophant.
Seeing that Tang Yin was silent for a long time, Wuying continued: "Ziying went too far. He insisted on executing those poor soldiers in front of the king. He didn't take the king seriously at all."
Perhaps because of his background, Wuying was very protective of his shortcomings, which is also a common problem among traditional aristocrats. In the eyes of traditional powerful people, if someone below him makes a mistake, it is equivalent to his own fault, and if someone below him is punished, it is equivalent to a slap in the face.
It is a great humiliation for myself.
Tang Yin was in an extremely bad mood and had no intention of listening to Wuying's chatter. He sighed and said, "Xiaoying, don't talk anymore, and don't mention Ziying again."
Fortunately, Wuying was not an impatient woman, so she nodded and said no more.
This time, hundreds of soldiers who had hidden property were killed at once, which caused an uproar in the Feng Army. The soldiers of the Feng Army who originally ignored military regulations and disciplines all became aware of the rules this time.
Many people even record military regulations and disciplines in small books, and take them out to read several times every day, so that they know what they can do and what they cannot do.
As for Ziying and Cheng Jin, who took the lead in enforcing strict military discipline, no one benefited from it. On the surface, Tang Yin rewarded the two with some gold and silver, but in fact that was not the case at all. Cheng Jin's official rank was demoted one level.
When he was demoted from lieutenant general to major general, his salary was directly deducted for a whole year. As for Ziying, it was even worse. His rank was not demoted and his salary was not deducted, but he was removed from the position of commander of the Tianying Army, leaving only a general.
His title was vacant, and his deputy general Situ Qi took over as the commander-in-chief of the Tianying Army. If the generals had not persuaded Tang Yin hard, Ziying would have been sent home. In the end, Tang Yin finally agreed to temporarily keep him in the army as an idler.
The turmoil over Feng Jun's military discipline has come to an end, and it was only at this time that Feng Jun's military discipline really began to become stricter.
Three days later, additional reinforcements from the Feng Kingdom arrived, and the Pingyuan Army, Sanshui Army, Directly Affiliated Army, and Sky Eagle Army all recovered their strength. Next, the Pingyuan Army and the Sanshui Army set off south, and the Pingyuan Army pursued the remnants of Wei Zheng.
The Sanshui Army went to Jiashang County in place of the Tianying Army to reinforce the Mo Army fighting there.
As the two main armies, Pingyuan Army and Sanshui Army, moved south, the strength of the Feng Army camp was sharply reduced, leaving only the Directly Affiliated Army and the Sky Eagle Army.
If the commander is favored, he will get many benefits. If the commander is out of favor, the whole army will be unlucky. When replenishing troops, the Pingyuan Army and the Sanshui Army will be given priority, followed by the Directly Affiliated Army, and finally the Sky Eagle Army will be assigned.
In the Battle of Zhanghe, the Sky Eagle Army suffered the greatest losses, but had the least amount of troops to replace them. When assigned to the Sky Eagle Army, the remaining troops were less than 10,000. Faced with this result, the newly appointed commander of the Sky Eagle Army, Situ Qi,
I can only smile bitterly in return.
Situ Qi was originally Ziying's confidant and it was Ziying who promoted him to deputy commander-in-chief. He was not familiar with Tang Yin, let alone close. Even if he was dissatisfied with the division of troops, he did not dare to raise it.
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After the Pingyuan Army and the Sanshui Army left, Tang Yin began to actively prepare to march westward and prepare to attack Xiaoling County.
On this day, he was inspecting the camp and specially called Cheng Jin.
As he walked, he said to Cheng Jin who was following him: "Cheng Jin?"
"My subordinate is here." Cheng Jin bowed and answered.
"Are you very dissatisfied with my punishment?" Tang Yin asked in a calm tone with his hands behind his back.
"No...no." Cheng Jin hurriedly replied: "I don't dare."
Tang Yin turned to look at him, smiled, and said angrily: "I asked you to commit suicide that day. Can't you see that it was my angry words? Do you really dare to die for me?"
Cheng Jin was stunned and said sternly: "Your Majesty is kind to your subordinates, and your kindness will be rekindled. Your subordinate's life has long been yours. If your Majesty wants it, I will never complain."
"Yes! That's good." Tang Yin nodded with a smile, changed the topic, and asked: "That day you decided to execute the soldiers who violated discipline in private, was it because you were afraid that I would not come to Taiwan?"
Cheng Jin told the truth and responded: "This is one, and the other is that my subordinates were also afraid that the king would be so angry that they killed General Ziying in a rage."
Tang Yin sneered and asked, "Shouldn't Ziying be killed?"
Cheng Jin said in a low voice: "Although General Ziying is disrespectful to the king, after all, he is for the king and for the sake of the entire army. He is loyal and his crime is not worthy of death."
Tang Yin looked awed at first, then his face darkened, and he said: "The stance of your words is too serious. You have to understand that backstabbing is special. If you have a stance, how can you be fair? If you can't be impartial, you will be targeted.
Really, then the hidden arrows can no longer exist."
Cheng Jin's body shook violently, and he hurriedly bowed and said, "Yes! I will remember it."
"Come with me to the Sky Eagle Army's camp." Tang Yin turned around and walked towards the Sky Eagle Army's camp.
When Tang Yin, Cheng Jin and others arrived at the Sky Eagle Army's camp, the soldiers of the Sky Eagle Army were practicing formations. The evolution of various formations was precise and the cooperation between the soldiers was extremely tacit. Tang Yin stopped and watched for a while, secretly
He nodded and walked towards the commander's tent.
In the commander's tent, Situ Qi and several major generals of the Sky Eagle Army were present. Seeing Tang Yin's arrival, people stood up one after another and saluted Tang Yin to greet him.
Tang Yin waved his hand, indicating that everyone should level up, then sat on the handsome seat, looked around below, but did not see Ziying's figure. Just as he was about to ask a question, he suddenly remembered that Ziying had been dismissed from his post, and swallowed the words he spoke.
. He raised his eyes to look at Situ Qi and said: "General Situ!"
"The general is here!" Situ Qi hurriedly bowed and held his hands.
Tang Yin smiled and said: "In this expedition to Xiaoling County, I want your Sky Eagle Army to take the lead. What do you think?"
How dare Situ Qi have any objections? Tang Yin is the king, and he has to do whatever he says. He responded: "I will obey your orders."
Tang Yin said leisurely: "You should know that our army can only lose but not win in this battle. However, even if it is defeated, I still hope to give the Ning army in Xiaoling County a disincentive. Therefore, we must win the first few battles."
, and it has to be a great victory, can you do it?"
Compared with Ziying, Situ Qi is not only very different in ability, but also far inferior to Ziying in terms of confidence and courage. He swallowed his foam and said cautiously: "The last general...the last general must do his best.
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Hearing such a reply, Tang Yin immediately frowned. If you can do it, you can do it. If you can't do it, you can't do it. What does it mean to do your best? He said expressionlessly: "Ziying is good at scheming.
Strategy, you should have learned a thing or two after serving with him for so long. I have confidence in you, but you still have no confidence in yourself?"
Situ Qi heard that Tang Yin was blaming himself in his words, and he quickly said: "The last general will take the lead, and the flag will be set to win!"
"Okay! This is what the commander-in-chief of an army should say!" Tang Yin nodded with satisfaction and said: "I will send General Zhou Chang and Li Sheng as your vanguard to help you!"
Zhou Chang and Li Sheng are both one of the sixteen newly selected generals, and each has outstanding spiritual martial arts skills.
"General, thank you so much, Your Majesty!" Situ Qi bowed and bowed deeply.
"Early tomorrow morning, your troops will go out to fight first, and I will lead the troops directly under my command to support them later."
"Yes! Your Majesty!"
"Oh, by the way, are the Sky Eagle Army's armaments still sufficient?" Tang Yin asked.
"We lost some in the Battle of Zhanghe River..." Situ Qi did not dare to mention the shortcomings directly, but instead pushed it to the Battle of Crossing the River in a roundabout way.
When Ziying was here, he would never say such nonsense, and Tang Yin didn't want to hear it. Before Situ Qi could finish speaking, he slammed down the table and asked: "As a commander-in-chief, do you think the military equipment is sufficient or insufficient?"
Don’t you know? Do you still want me to investigate on your behalf?”
Situ Qi trembled with fright and almost collapsed to the ground. He turned pale with fright and said urgently: "Foot, foot, foot! I report back to the king that the Sky Eagle Army has enough weapons to meet the needs of the battle!"
"Yes!" Tang Yin's expression softened a little, he pondered for a moment, and said: "In this case, I will not allocate military equipment to your troops. After all, our army's military equipment is not very sufficient now. The Pingyuan Army and the Third Army are going to fight in the south.
The navy needs a lot of logistical support."
"Yes, yes, yes! The general will understand." Situ Qi responded repeatedly.
The generals and ministers who could usually discuss matters with Tang Yin were very close to him, and they all knew Tang Yin's character, so they had a calm attitude and spoke naturally. However, this was not the case with Situ Qi. Although he was the deputy commander-in-chief of the Sky Eagle Army, he was very friendly to Tang Yin.
Tang Yin didn't meet many times, let alone talk to him a few times, so he seemed nervous and flustered.
He was unnatural, and Tang Yin felt even more awkward. He stared at Situ Qi and couldn't help but ask: "General Situ, is this king so hateful and ghost-like?"