In Evergreen City, Sandoli received a list of names, all of which were personnel who had recently violated military discipline. The main crimes were extortion, robbery, rape of women, and killing of civilians.
Sandoli frowned and looked at Xuan Weizi, who had a cold face and held the "branch of the world tree" sideways, like a ruthless emperor, sitting on the chair without saying a word.
The priest of the religious order who was reporting below felt invisible oppression, lowered his head and replied: "As of the day before yesterday, these are the people on the list. Ordinary soldiers have been punished in public in accordance with military discipline, but, but..."
"But there are still some people that the frontline generals don't know how to deal with, right?" Sandori flipped through the list. The first few were the mid-level mages from the Pentagram Tower and the spiritual warriors from the Golden Flower Society.
Sandori happened to know one of them. He was a citizen of Chai Dui Town. He practiced psychic powers in the Golden Flower Society. Now he is not only outstanding in strength, but also second only to Captain Labelle in the society.
, can be regarded as a general in charge of his own role.
The priest of the Order reported: "The Chief of Duolun has detained these people, including those mages, and will not allow them to be taken away by the Pentagram Tower for the time being. The Chief of Law wants to know, what are the Duke and the Chief Priest planning to do with them?
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Sanduoli's expression was solemn. Whether it was the Star Cult or the Golden Flower Society, no one had violated the law and made mistakes in the past, and those who deserved punishment would be punished. But this time things were very big. Over there at the Pentagram Tower, everyone
Master Er Rui and Master Duncan jointly issued a summons, hoping that Sandori could be given a lighter sentence.
"You go down first." Sandoli waved to the priest of the cult.
The priest of the cult was about to turn around, but Xuan Weizi suddenly spoke: "Wait... Labelle, come in."
Not long after, Labelle arrived with a long bow on his back. Xuan Weizi said to him: "Someone in the Golden Flower Society violated military discipline and behaved extremely badly. I will give you a magic talisman to remove his psychic powers."
It can be deposed and then beheaded in public... All psychics in the army must be summoned to watch this matter."
Labelle is one of the few high-level psychics in the Golden Flower Society. Now he has few opportunities to go to the front line. He mainly serves as a mentor in Evergreen City.
As a veteran figure from the Chaidui Town period to the present day, LaBelle's status in the Golden Flower Society is actually second only to Xuan Weizi and Ma'ang.
It is not easy for new apprentices to see it, so Labelle, the mind blader, is basically responsible for taking care of the affairs within the guild.
In fact, unlike the Order of the Stars, which is tightly organized and has clear political and interest demands, the structure of the Golden Flower Society appears to be extremely loose.
After more than ten years of development, the Golden Flower Society is mainly divided into two rings: the inner and outer rings. The members of the inner ring, headed by Mida, focus on regulating the body and mind and cultivating life, and pay little attention to external worldly affairs. Moreover, the members of the inner ring are very rare.
There are only a few dozen people there so far, and they are basically not in Changqing City at ordinary times. Instead, they are repairing in the mountains to the north.
As for the members of the outer ring, psychics like Labelle have no significant achievements in Taoism. They only regard the cultivation of body, mind and life as a way to master powerful psychic skills. Most of them become spiritual warriors.
I hope to lead a successful life and enjoy a prosperous life.
Members of the Outer Ring are successful in practicing psychic abilities and are assigned to various positions. Some become agents of the "Eye of the Sky" intelligence organization, while most of the others join the army.
However, Labelle was still surprised when he heard Xuanweizi's order. It was the first time he saw Xuanweizi inflict such a severe punishment. However, Labelle did not question or ask, but just bowed his head and agreed, forming a false knot.
The silver light talisman imprinted on the back of the hand, and the specific method of using it emerged in my mind.
After Labelle and others left, Sandori asked: "Is it too cruel? The war is not over yet, and you have called other people to watch, aren't you afraid of damaging morale?"
Xuan Weizi said: "Military discipline must be reflected in military operations, including the mages of the Pentagram Tower, and they must also be dealt with."
Sandoli understood Xuan Weizi's intention: "You took the initiative to kill the spiritual warriors who violated military discipline, and the Pentagram Tower has no reason to continue to protect the mages. Everyone must be treated fairly, but..."
"Just what?" Xuan Weizi's emperor's expression was indifferent.
"I'm not worried about the battlefield, but I'm afraid that what you do will arouse fear and hatred from everyone." Sandoli said: "If it is just an ordinary criminal, there will naturally be legal punishment. But no matter if it is a psychic
They are still mages, they are not ordinary people anymore, and they have made meritorious deeds in the past. Your punishment may disappoint some followers and think that you are unwilling to protect their interests."
"Then you think I should let them plunder? Let them break military discipline?" Xuan Weizi asked in return.
Sandori shook her head: "Of course I didn't mean that. The question is what they will think."
"No one knows better than me what they will think." Xuan Weizi said: "But I can't just take care of them... You just said that everyone must be treated fairly, and 'everyone' here includes everyone.
Ordinary people who have the ability to cast spells?"
Sandori leaned back in her chair and thought for a long time: "I do hope that everyone can be treated fairly, regardless of wealth, wealth, family background, or ability, but I also know very well that in today's era, this kind of idea is too much.
It’s so far away and so unrealistic.”
Xuan Weizi said: "There are some things that I don't expect to be able to do right now, or even in the next few decades. But I want to leave a seed in people's hearts and create a soil for germination. So those who violate military discipline,
The higher their status, the more determined they must be to deal with it. If they hold a grudge in their hearts, let them hate it. There are no fewer than one or two people in this world who hate me."
"I suddenly understood why you arranged for Lai Luo to be taught by Wolf." Sandoli said: "In fact, there are many priests in the Order of the Stars, and they all hope that you can be officially crowned, instead of pretending to be a nondescript person.
The title of Duke. In fact, from the beginning, you did not want the Mutual Protection Alliance to become a country that only belongs to you, and you did not intend to let Lello and Nandi inherit anything."
The emperor showed a smile: "What about you? Haven't you ever thought about becoming a queen?"
Sandori held up her chin and said: "I will be the queen? I can't reach that high. You might as well go find Palina, or the 'missile queen'. Many people are looking forward to the union of the two of you."
Woolen cloth."
"Her." Xuan Weizi sighed and said, "After all, she and I are not on the same journey."
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"That is the eldest son of the Durandor family."
In the middle of the starry sky, Sir Weston raised his glasses and said: "You all must know that the Durandor family owns the largest shipbuilding and shipping chamber in the Mutual Protection Alliance. Their family has provided sufficient supplies for the Pentagram Tower.
Sponsor, so our early development of the New World can go hand in hand with the Eye of Arcana."
The incarnation of Xuan Weizi scratched his head and asked: "Why does the eldest son of such a wealthy family come to the battlefield to join in the fun? I don't need him here to brush up his seniority and accumulate military merit. Now even just driving a ship to transport supplies is considered merit.
. Why join the army and not obey military discipline? Instead, he followed a group of soldiers who couldn't read the words to burn, kill, and loot. He also killed a pregnant woman alive and dragged her body through the streets... Was he sick during his free time? "
The troops of the Mutual Protection Alliance had just landed in the Old Continent. Although they had accomplished the feat of breaking through the "Garad Continent", an extremely egregious violation of discipline immediately broke out in the army.
To be precise, there was more than one, because among the troops of the Mutual Protection Alliance, there were indeed many colonists from the Old World. They were sold as slaves to the New World. Now that the empire is falling apart, the Mutual Protection Alliance is counterattacking under the banner of justice.
After returning, many soldiers had wrong ideas, and some generals also deliberately indulged them.
As a result, several towns and villages near the "Garader Sea Guard" fortress were brutally poisoned. Those soldiers who violated discipline did not just grab something. For example, after capturing the rebellious towns, they captured the local civilians and openly stabbed them with sharpened wooden stakes.
Their private parts were directly used to set up hundreds of execution stakes in the city as a deterrent.
It is even worse in some villages that lack fortifications. The men are basically killed without exception, the women are raped and then their stomachs are cut open, and there are even bad practices of picking up babies with spears for fun. As for property, that is even less important.
There was no rush to plunder all that was left, and all the grain in the farmland was set on fire before it had time to be harvested.
It would be fine if only a handful of soldiers participated, but according to subsequent statistics, nearly a thousand soldiers participated in the robbery, and the leaders were basically mages and spiritual warriors.
This incident could not be suppressed at all, because the news not only spread back to the Mutual Protection Alliance, but also spread throughout the Western Empire, so that the surrounding towns originally intended to open their doors and surrender, but seeing how brutal the Mutual Protection Alliance troops were, they closed their gates tightly.
He completely lost his will to surrender.
However, the obstruction of the Mutual Protection Alliance's offensive was still secondary. This violation of discipline was extremely egregious, so Xuan Weizi asked Duolun, who was always unselfish in the Order of the Stars, to deal with it.
This was a good time. The nearly a thousand soldiers who participated in the robbery originally thought that they would be free of guilt. Unexpectedly, Duolun was not polite at all and beheaded all the soldiers who participated in the killing and raping of civilians. The heads of more than 400 soldiers were mounded.
It turned into a hill, and the blood gathered into a stream, completely dyeing the surrounding ground red. Even the downpour could not wash away the sinful blood stains. The other accomplices were punished with varying degrees of punishment, either whipping or beating with canes.
Duolun's methods were decisive, but not without wisdom. In addition to executing ordinary soldiers, he detained the leading officers and generals, sent the news back to Changqing City, and let Xuan Weizi decide for himself.
Originally, everyone thought that mages with noble births and high-level psychics from the Golden Flower Society should be forgiven. At worst, they would be dismissed from their posts and investigated and paid a large fine. If that didn't work, they would make amends on the frontline battlefield.
In the end, Xuan Weizi was even more ruthless. He sent Labelle to summon all the top military officials and publicly announced the crimes of the generals who violated disciplines. He also disabled the psychic powers of the high-level psychic warrior in public, and then cut off his head with his own hands.
Seeing this situation, Duolun simply ordered all other generals who violated discipline to be executed without giving them a chance to defend themselves and ask for mercy. One of them included the eldest son of the Dilandol family, who was also a mid-level mage.
This incident caused such a big fuss that several more mutinies occurred in the Mutual Protection Alliance troops. Those soldiers who were punished escaped at night, making it impossible for the army to continue its attack.
Sir Weston could only say: "The eldest son of the Durandor family does have something wrong with him. He likes to have pregnant women the most, but, alas..."
Sir Weston didn't know what to say. He thought this kind of thing deserved to die, but he felt that he couldn't handle the current situation anyway.
Miffy Sethis was silent for a long time, and Xuan Weizi transformed into a person and asked: "Isn't the Queen going to say something?"
"What do I have to say?" Mephisitis crossed her arms to support her breasts, her expression half-smiling but not smiling. She was obviously stimulated by Xuan Weizi's ruthless actions: "You, the majestic 'Duke of the Heart', wave your hand and let me go.
The army of the Eastern Empire has died down. I heard that the generalissimo woke up one day with a dagger and a letter beside his pillow. Now that he has killed hundreds of people, what is there to worry about?"
Xuan Weizi scratched his head. In fact, the execution order was not issued by his incarnation, because not long ago, he sensed that the consciousness of his deity, which had been in deep tranquility for the past few years, suddenly left the state of concentration. In front of the emperor in Evergreen City
The body will not speak easily, this matter must be arranged by Xuan Weizi himself.
But everyone present did not know the difference in state of mind between Xuan Weizi's original form and his incarnation. He had no choice but to say: "Guys, do you think those generals and soldiers who committed such crimes can be let off lightly?"
Mephisitis said: "I didn't say let it go, but there is a better way to handle this matter, instead of just killing people. Even if you want to kill, there is no reason to kill now! The war is not over yet, you
You are satisfied with attacking your own people first, making it difficult for the Mutual Protection Alliance to advance, and encircling the Western Empire from all directions?"
This is a very serious statement, because the person who originally proposed the mutual protection alliance to join the war was Xuan Weizi. Now that the situation has developed like this, Xuan Weizi has slapped himself in the face.
The incarnation of Xuan Weizi also felt that his face hurt. When the troops of the Mutual Protection Alliance came to the Garad continent, the level of military discipline that was broken was beyond expectation. He did not expect to be able to bring out a civilized army.
, but don’t be as bad as a thief with an army, it’s too damn embarrassing.
"Ashamed, I'm really, really ashamed." Xuan Weizi also said frankly: "When the situation has developed to this point, I have to bear full responsibility."
"What does it have to do with you?" At this time, Sidons, who had not been seen for a long time, suddenly appeared in the starry sky. He said to Xuan Weizi: "Those who violate military discipline will be killed when they deserve it. There is nothing to say. Dilando
If the Er family dares to cause trouble, you can take care of them as well. If you give birth to such a son, it’s a shame that I gave permission for members of their family to join the Tower of Pentagram to study at will.”
Considering that Sidons is the main figure leading the development of the New World, his connection with the Durandor family is much closer than that of other mages. Having him say this, Xuan Weizi felt quite relieved.
"As for matters on the front line, you still lack a general who can boost morale and lead the army to victory." Siddons said, "You are all inferior to me in this matter, so just let me do it."