Tang Taizong is my elder brother

Changsheng returned to the old camp and saw Xiao Feng blocking the door. This guy had been working immediately since returning from the Northern Expedition, and he seemed to have the potential of a workaholic.

Changsheng: "Xiao Youji, what's the matter?"

Xiao Feng clasped his fists together: "My lord, there is a lawsuit that needs to be adjudicated by an adult."

With the gradual improvement of the military law regulations and life regulations of the Changsheng Camp, Changsheng has rarely intervened in person because of the private escape of several members as before. Now there is a special judicial department, and Xiao Feng is one of them. .

This person is flexible in mind and fair in dealing with things, so Chang Sheng has always been at ease with him, and Xiao Feng is also used to handling general situations by himself.

Seeing Xiao Feng mentioning this matter this time, Changsheng's first reaction was that something new had happened, and he came to ask himself if he needed to formulate new regulations.The two walked into the big tent, Fang Xuanling and Zhang Baozang were also inside, they stood up and saluted when they saw Chang Sheng coming in.

Chang Sheng felt that it would not be easy for him to come to him, and he might not be able to answer him immediately, so he said: "Submit the new regulations, I will reply you after reading it."

Unexpectedly, Xiao Feng shook his head: "My lord, I didn't say anything about a new regulation, it's about an old regulation."

Chang Sheng was a little puzzled. Didn't the old regulations have been discussed many times and implemented for a while, so he said: "If you think the old regulations are inappropriate, just say so, but this time the case will be implemented according to the old regulations first. What kind of situation will be changed after everyone studies and agrees."

Xiao Feng hesitated for a while and said: "But this time, it is not appropriate to use the old regulations between subordinates to deal with this lawsuit. I beg you to have a look at the files first." Then he put a set of files in front of Chang Sheng.

Changsheng saw that he was determined, so he picked up the file and looked through it. The case was not complicated. A veteran of the Changsheng camp killed a surrendered Ergouzi Han man and took away the wife of the deceased. The brother of the deceased sued the murderer to Changsheng. After the murderer was arrested by the Judicial Department of the camp, he confessed.

Chang Sheng looked it over carefully, but didn't see anything special, so he raised his head and asked, "Are there any difficulties in this case?"

"My lord, it's really not easy to judge. Please read the confession."

Changsheng was a little displeased, closed the file and threw it on the table, "Xiao Gueran, I have to deal with a lot of things every day, if I have to try this kind of cases one by one, I don't have so much time."

Unexpectedly, Xiao Feng lowered his head, bowed his body and cupped his fists, but his tone was firm and forceful: "My lord, please read the confession once."

After he finished speaking, he kept this posture and remained motionless. Changsheng looked at him for a few seconds, then took the confession back and opened it again, and said to himself: "The confession you said should be read again. .”

There is a thick stack of confessions, which are divided into witnesses, murderers and plaintiffs. The focus is on the murderer, the murderer's brother, the deceased's younger brother and his wife. After watching it for a while, the anger in Changsheng's heart completely disappeared. After a while, a moved expression appeared on his face: "It's really pitiful."

After watching Changsheng, I couldn’t help rubbing my temples. This murderer was one of the people who was taken into Longshan camp during the locust plague. He was a member of Changsheng camp when the Turks attacked the camp at night, but he fought bravely. , and was injured.

Later, when he was defending against the enemy with General Chen Ping in Dunhuang, he was a small squad leader. He was injured again when he broke through the Chinese army, and made great achievements in battle.

Although he didn't enter the instructor's school, it has been listed as a key training target, and he will be arranged to study in the school until the next batch.

What is interesting is that this is not the first time that the deceased and the murderer met. The deceased was a Turkic Erdogzi Han army who took his wife away when he attacked the northern border county, and killed his younger brother who was chasing him.

The murderer later held his younger brother's dying hand and vowed that one day he would kill his enemy with his own hands.

Then he joined the Longevity Camp and performed well in the Longevity Army, and soon he had a chance to fulfill his promise.

After Daye's six-year longevity battalion defeated the Turkic coalition forces, the northern front loosened, and a large number of Ergouzi and local Han people went south. The murderer found the person who killed his brother in the crowd who went south. What made him intolerable was His wife has become his wife.

After Changsheng understood the whole thing, he slowly closed the file, as if closing the eyes of the deceased.

He gently stroked the surface of the file and asked, "Is the murderer married now, and does he have any children?"

Xiao Feng quickly replied: "Originally there was a very young boy who passed away in a disaster year after losing his mother's care."

"This is a blood feud of taking a wife, losing a son, and killing relatives." Changsheng murmured.

Xiao Feng raised his head for the first time, with a smile on his face: "That's right, my lord has learned!"

However, the next sentence made the joy on Xiao Feng's face disappear: "But even so, this case still has to be handled according to the old military law."

Xiao Feng looked at Fang Xuanling and Zhang Baozang at the side, and found that these two people were staring away. He knew that he would not get any help from these two cold-blooded people, but he still didn't want to give up: "My lord, I think you are so humble. , the law is nothing more than human feelings."

"The law is nothing more than human feelings. That's a good point." Changsheng laughed at herself. She always regarded power as a Pandora's box. It would use the kindness in people's hearts to lure them to open it, but once it was opened, it was completely invincible. Restrained it becomes the chief culprit of disaster.

"So, my lord, do you still stick to your original decision? This woman was taken away by him. According to the law, this person is guilty." Xiao Feng took the opportunity to say.

Changsheng shook his head, he knew that what the other party said was reasonable, but if this example was opened, then a large number of soldiers of the Changsheng Battalion would have an excuse to seek revenge on the Han people who had grudges against him before. Soldiers of the Longevity Battalion who are not used to them may also take the opportunity to retaliate, anyway, there are such examples.

Changsheng's silence made Xiao Feng think that his persuasion had worked, and said while the iron was hot: "I suggest that this person can be pardoned so that he can take the blame and make meritorious service in the future!"

"To commit crimes and make meritorious service? Xiao Guerrilla, the military laws and regulations of the Changsheng Camp are not the sophistication of the world, but the iron order. It overrides everyone, even I, Li Changsheng, are no exception!" This time Changsheng did not give him a chance to speak, but directly Throwing away the confession: "The military law regulations clearly stipulate that those who kill former Han soldiers will be killed without pardon!"

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After seeing off the dejected Xiao Feng, Chang Sheng soon heard that familiar loud voice.

"I have something to ask the lord!" Qin Qiong shouted outside the tent.

Before Changsheng had time for the guards to invite him in, Qin Qiong rushed in, saluted hastily, and said, "My lord, just now Xiao Gueran sent a death row prisoner..."

"Yes, so?" Chang Sheng said quietly.

"I feel that this person cannot be killed." Qin Qiong thumped his left palm heavily with his right hand and made a "bang bang" sound: "My lord, this person came from our old camp, and you have always been loyal to my lord! "

Changsheng's ears were buzzing from his loud voice, but he knew that he couldn't make any concessions at this time: "Everyone in the Changsheng camp is loyal to me. Go and execute it."

"Is it this guy?" Qin Qiong breathed flickeringly, and suddenly turned around and pointed at Zhang Baozang: "Is it his idea, my lord?"

Zhang Baozang, who was framed by Qin Qiong, was instantly unhappy. He stood up and was about to reason with him, but Chang Sheng hurriedly stopped him: "It wasn't his idea, it was my order alone."

Qin Qiong looked at Changsheng's firm expression, turned her head and glared at Zhang Baozang fiercely, with puffed cheeks, pointed at everyone around her, and said emphatically: "There are villains around adults, and there are villains around adults!" Said After finishing, he strode away without looking back.

"There are villains around my lord..." Words continued to spread into the camp after Qin Qiong left, so the faces of the rest of the people except Chang Sheng were not good-looking.

Fang Xuanling got up and was about to distinguish between two sentences, Chang Shengjiu waved his hand to signal him to sit down, and shook his head with a wry smile: "This Qin Qiong, I really don't know what to say, well, let's leave him alone, let's continue the discussion."

Fang Xuanling didn't even sit down and continued to report: "The Turks are sending people from Linchuan and the Bai District to the Tiele camp in the northwest, and now the villages around these two places are nearly half empty. Yes, my lord, please forgive me for my incompetence, because of the massive loss of population, all the spies you originally placed in it lost contact, and our information in that area was basically lost.”

Changsheng didn't interrupt him, Fang Xuanling continued: "The general thought that the Turkic Tartars in these two places must know that they are not strong enough to hold on to this place, let alone expand abroad, so they prepared Withdraw, and take the people away."

"Well, there is no problem with your judgment. The Turks have lost one after another, and their strength is not as good as before. Now there is not enough troops to defend the Bai District and Linchuan. This means that our troops in these two places have already reached From the original inferior quality to the balance of power, even the advantage, so we have to change from the original passive defense to active attack.”

And this needs to take into account the issues of food roads and baggage transportation.After all, it is a long-distance and long-distance battle, and food logistics is the top priority.

Most likely, the route of transportation is the official road from Dunhuang to the north to these two places. The horse-drawn carriages and carts of the Changsheng Camp can travel unimpeded on this road.

Daye six years, on June [-]th, Li Changsheng, deputy general of the Northwest Frontier Army, ordered the various units of the Northwest Eastern Association Army to gather in Dunhuang. The half of the Changsheng camp and the entire Qiusheng camp that had been reorganized also set off in one day. Advance in the northwest direction.

On June [-]th, one and a half battalions of Changsheng arrived safely. While repairing the team and arranging auxiliary soldiers, they repaired the city walls and bunkers, and at the same time excluded horses to patrol the sides of the nearby official roads, preparing to store food and grass for the expedition.

A few days later, the generals of the surrounding frontier army all sent back messages saying that they had assembled their teams and were ready to march towards Linchuan with their elite troops.At the same time, Changsheng is preparing for Dunhuang.On the way from Dunhuang to Linchuan, beacon towers and lookout points were rebuilt.

On June 28, soldiers from the last half of the Changsheng Battalion also set off for Dunhuang. Before leaving, he wrote two letters, one to Yu Wenshu and the other to Ma Yinglong, the commander of the West Road. of.

This is the first time that Changsheng took the initiative to report military operations to his superiors before he defeated the enemy. The subtext of this action is actually that Yu Wenshu can notify Ma Yinglong to send troops, and he can attract the attention of the enemy troops on the front line of Linchuan by himself.

When leaving the Changsheng camp, one of the auxiliary soldiers of the Changsheng camp rushed out of the queue and knelt down in the direction of Changsheng, desperately grabbing the ground with his head, and kept calling Changsheng's name in his mouth.It was strange for Changsheng to arrive like this, so he asked Hong Antong to send someone to inquire.

Soon Hong Antong ran back and whispered in Changsheng's ear: "My lord, this man is the younger brother of the victim in the case of killing and surrendering the enemy last time."

This man was quickly brought before Chang Sheng, and he prostrated himself in front of Chang Sheng again: "My lord, little Murong Fu, thank you for your great kindness on behalf of my brother Wang and the child he left behind. My lord Yuan lives a hundred years old. All generations of princes."

Qin Qiong kept a cold face and didn't say a word, while Chang Sheng asked him to stand up, smiled and encouraged him, and then rode forward. When Murong Fu, who was extremely excited, looked up, he saw that the guards around Chang Sheng were all Nodding and smiling at himself, this is the kindness he has never seen other people's guards give to others before.

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After Changsheng arrived in Dunhuang with the large army, he found that the preparation work was really good.The trench roadblocks outside the bunker were also set up in an orderly manner, and they couldn't help nodding their heads.

The news around him, Wang Hong Antong, hurriedly reported: "These fortifications were organized and built by a man named Hu Bayi. He himself was a sergeant major in the artillery unit. Tool of."

"Hu Bayi?" Chang Sheng was stunned when he heard the name, and said to himself: "This guy can't be a grave robber."

Hong Antong quickly returned from the side: "My lord, this person is indeed a tomb robber."

Chang Sheng was speechless for a moment, "Okay, take me to meet him when I have time."

Hong Antong quickly nodded in agreement.

Changsheng discovered many advantages of Hong Antong. He was meticulous in handling things, had a good memory, and could vividly recall everything he had seen and heard. He was really a good material for a secretary.

When Changsheng returned to the tent of the Chinese army, the little monkey from the Gondor camp, now the battalion commander, came to see Changsheng.

He just needs to meet to pay homage. Although Changsheng doesn't pay much attention to this in the army, he is happy to see his humble and respectful appearance, so he hastily got him up.

"Thank you, General Li." The Battalion Commander Zhang supposedly could inherit Ye Qiu's leather armor, but he was wearing the iron armor bestowed on him by Changsheng. gratitude.

Seeing the man standing straight and staring straight ahead, Chang Sheng pointed to the stool behind him and said, "Sit down, don't be rigid, be more casual."

Battalion Commander Zhang trembled, and quickly bowed and said, "In front of General Li, how can there be a seat for the villain?"

Changsheng asked Hong Antong to put the stool under his buttocks, so he no longer refused, but he only dared to sit on the edge of the stool.

Chang Sheng asked about the preparations for the Autumn Sound Camp, encouraged him a few words, and finally said: "Work hard, and I will personally reward you for your meritorious service."

"Thank you, General Li, for your support!" Battalion Commander Zhang jumped up from the stool immediately, clasped his fists and bowed to Changsheng.