Hearing this, Zhang Ting sneered, "Isn't it just that a rebel died? Is this still a big deal?"
However, seeing the rebels present staring at him with extremely angry eyes, Zhang Ting also realized that the situation might get out of control, and now was not the time to break up.
He looked at the subordinates who had committed the murder and said slowly: "If you kill the rebels indiscriminately, you will be punished. You will be whipped a hundred times to serve as a warning to others!"
One hundred horse whips. Whether this punishment is severe or light depends mainly on the mentality of the executioner.
If the executioner intends to beat him to death, a hundred horse whips will be enough to kill him. If the executioner deliberately waterproofs the person, after a hundred whips are used, the person who is being punished will still be alive and kicking.
Zhang Ting said that the murderer should be punished with a hundred horse whips. Even if the rebels were dissatisfied, they all endured it. After all, this punishment was not light.
But when the cavalry began to execute the execution, all the rebels were so angry that their livers and lungs exploded with smoke.
When the murderer was whipped, his armor was not even taken off. The executioner took the whip and slowly whipped the armor on the murderer's back, and there was endless laughter around him.
This is not enforcing military law, but more like playing a game.
Liu Yan and Feng Yi stopped the angry rebels, and Feng Yi sighed meaningfully: "I am a swordsman, and I am a fish and meat, so what can I do!"
When the rebel brothers around him heard this, their eyes were red and their faces were full of grief.
This was just a small episode on the march between the two sides, but this small episode planted the flames of anger and seeds of hatred in the hearts of the rebels. Any external factor could detonate this force that was on the verge of exploding.
The rebels and the cavalry pursued them another twenty miles eastward, but still missed the target. Not even the Green Forest Army could be seen.
Looking at the traces left by the Green Forest Army, they ran north again. Zhang Ting wanted to give the order to pursue them, but the rebels couldn't run anymore. Many people were lying on the ground, exhausted and exhausted, letting the cavalry whips fall on them. I just can't stand up from the ground anymore.
Liu Yan and Feng Yi approached Zhang Ting again and asked to rest where they were. Seeing that the rebels were indeed dying, Zhang Ting had no choice but to order to rest for a quarter of an hour and then continue on the road to pursue the Green Forest Army.
Just a quarter of an hour passed in the blink of an eye, and the rebels, who had not recovered from their fatigue at all, set off again, heading north.
When they pursued to the north of the county, it was already dark, and the Green Forest Army still did not appear in people's sight.
They basically did nothing else that day and kept running, almost circling Zhushan County in a big circle.
Seeing that it was getting dark, Zhang Ting had no choice but to order the troops to withdraw and return to the county town.
On the way back, Zhang Ting was not idle. He kept cursing and complaining that he had been dragged down by the rebels.
Zhang Ting's attitude towards the rebels directly affected the attitude of his men towards the rebels. Zhang Ting was very dissatisfied with the rebels, which led to the attitude of his cavalry towards the rebels becoming increasingly bad and unscrupulous.
When entering the county town, Liu Yan and Feng Yi came to Zhang Ting and proposed that the cavalry should be used to keep vigil tonight. The rebel brothers had been running all day and it was too hard.
Zhang Ting almost got angry when he heard this. Your rebels have been working hard all day long. Don't their brothers have been working hard for a whole day? Zhang Ting didn't even think about it and flatly rejected Liu Yan. and Feng Yi’s request.
When Liu Yan and Feng Yizheng were discussing with Zhang Ting, Liu Xiu hurried over and said loudly: "Brother, we found over there..." Halfway through, he looked at Zhang Ting and swallowed the second half of the sentence. go back.
Zhang Tingyou heard Liu Xiu's shout. He looked up and saw Liu Xiu turning around and walking back. He shouted loudly: "Liu Xiu, stop! Come here!"
Liu Xiu slowly took back the steps he had taken, then slowly walked up to Zhang Ting, lowered his head, and whispered: "Master Zhang."
Zhang Ting asked: "What did you say you found just now?"
"No...nothing..." Liu Xiu said hesitantly.
Zhang Ting snorted coldly and said, "Do you know what your crime is by concealing military information and not reporting it?"
Liu Xiu was shaken and quickly raised his head and said, "Master Zhang, I have not concealed military information!"
"Then tell me, what did you find just now?" Zhang Ting stared at Liu Xiu.
"It's... it's... a tavern!" Liu Xiu muttered.
Zhang Ting rolled his eyes, but after thinking about it, he felt something was wrong. There were so many taverns in the county, so what was so strange about it? As for Liu Xiu coming to see his elder brother in a hurry and yelling?
He rolled his eyes, raised the corners of his mouth, and asked, "Liu Xiu, did you find anything in the tavern?"
"this……"
"explain!"
"Yes...there is wine!" Liu Xiu said, shrinking his neck.
Zhang Ting was startled for a moment, then burst into laughter and asked casually: "How many are there?"
"A lot of wine!"
"How much is a lot?"
"At least... there must be hundreds of altars!"
"How much?" Zhang Ting wondered if his ears had heard it wrong. There were hundreds of jars of wine hidden in Zhushan County. How could this be possible?
The entire county has been deserted and has been looted countless times. How could there be so much wine preserved?
"Hundreds of altars!"
"You should be very clear about the consequences of lying in front of our captain." Zhang Ting warned word for word.
Liu Xiu said anxiously: "The villain did not lie. Everything the villain said is true."
"Okay, take me to see it now!" Zhang Ting really didn't believe what Liu Xiu said.
With a look of helplessness and disappointment, Liu Xiu reluctantly took Zhang Ting and others to the tavern where they had an appointment with Ma Wu and others last night.
Under the guidance of Liu Xiu, Zhang Ting and his guards walked into the wine cellar of the tavern. After entering, Zhang Ting and others were shocked when they saw the mountains of wine jars piled up in the wine cellar. Unexpectedly, Liu Xiu This guy is really not lying. There are really hundreds of wine jars stored here.
Zhang Ting looked surprised and asked: "Why is there so much wine here?"
One of the guards beside him stepped forward, grabbed a jar of wine, broke the seal, lowered his head and smelled it, then took out a handful of wine with his hand and poured it into his mouth. After a moment of reflection, his eyes lit up and he said to Zhang Ting smiled happily and said: "Sir, this is a good wine!"
Zhang Ting nodded calmly. He turned around and asked Liu Xiudao seriously: "Liu Xiu, how did you discover this place?"
Liu Xiu cleared her throat and said: "I came here to find some food, but I didn't expect to find a hidden wine cellar here, and there is so much unopened wine in it!"
Old God Zhang Ting snorted and said nonchalantly: "Drinks are hard to come by these days. You can find so many jars of wine, which can be regarded as a great achievement. Pick two jars and take them!"
Liu Xiu glanced at Liu Yan and Feng Yi subconsciously, and said cautiously: "Master Zhang, Brother Rebel..."
Before he could finish his words, Zhang Ting interrupted: "Of course I will not forget the share of the rebel brothers." As he spoke, he looked at Liu Yan and Feng Yi and said, "When you leave, you guys Move Wutan away!"
Hundreds of jars of wine were distributed to Liu Xiu in two jars and five jars in the rebel army. A total of seven jars were given to them.
Liu Yan and Feng Yi naturally felt unwilling to give in. Liu Yan coughed dryly and said, "Master Zhang, brothers, we haven't had a single drink since we entered Yizhou to fight..."
Halfway through his words, Zhang Ting said impatiently: "Have I not given you five altars now?"
But there are more than five hundred people in the rebel army. What can you do with five jars of wine?
Zhang Ting rolled his eyes at Liu Yan and said, "Don't forget, you rebels still have the task of patrolling the city tonight. If you mess up while drinking and something goes wrong, even I won't be able to protect you!"
Seeing that Liu Yan still wanted to talk, Zhang Ting waved his hand and said, "Okay, there's no need to keep arguing over this trivial matter and hurt the harmony between us."
Nowadays, natural disasters are happening one after another, the food harvest is poor every year, and people don’t have enough to eat. Where can there be any leftover food to make wine?
Not to mention that the rebels couldn't drink wine, even Zhang Ting and his men hadn't smelled the aroma of wine for a long time. Now that such a big piece of fat fell into his hands, how could he let it go so easily?
Being able to distribute a total of seven jars of wine to the rebels is already cutting off his flesh.
After leaving the tavern, Zhang Ting immediately ordered his cavalry to carry all the wine in the cellar to the inn. After working hard all day, Zhang Ting could just use this wine to relieve his fatigue.
Tonight in Zhushan County, it can be described as a world of ice and fire.
The capital cavalry were drinking and talking and laughing inside and outside the inn where Zhang Ting was staying. However, the rebel army was deserted and miserable. Everyone only got a bowl of wine. To be honest, it was not enough for everyone to drink in one gulp. .
One of the rebels drank up the sip of wine in the bowl, smashed the bowl into pieces, and said indignantly: "I can't survive this day!"
The capital army did not regard them as human beings at all. They scolded them whenever they wanted, beat them whenever they wanted, and killed them whenever they wanted.
If this continues, it is estimated that if they do not die on the battlefield, they will die in the hands of the capital army. Even if they are not killed, they will be exhausted to death!
The actions of the rebels immediately aroused the resonance of everyone around them. People threw the wine bowls in their hands, looked at Feng Yi in the center of the crowd, and said in a hurry: "Master Feng, we followed you to participate. The rebels came all the way to Yizhou not to suffer this cowardice!"
"Yes, Master Feng, we are worse than beasts in the eyes of the capital army, how can we fight this battle?"
Zhu Yun said angrily: "What? You regret joining the rebel army? It's too late to regret it! Now if you want to go home, you are running away from the battle. If you are caught, you will die!"
"But if we stay here, we will die sooner or later! Didn't Brother Yun see what happened today? What mistake did the brother who was killed make?"
Zhu Yun shrugged and said: "In today's world, one day passes one day at a time. Once you close your eyes, no one knows whether you will be able to see the sun tomorrow again!"
He spoke in an understatement, but everyone felt sad when they heard it. Thinking about the brothers who died in the battle, and thinking about their current situation, many rebels could not help but squat on the ground and burst into tears.
Feng Yi's eyes widened and he yelled: "What do you call ghosts and crying ghosts?!"
