Back to Daming to be a genius

Chapter 292 Bitter Meat Plan?
Sun Chengzong’s bad habit of protecting his weaknesses was not a fault of his own, because he knew that Young Master Zhang would not be merciful this time, so after stopping Zuo Liangyu from leading the army to confront the military law team of the Slaughter Army, Sun Chengzong ordered Zuo Liangyu to be topless , carrying thorns on his back, went to the Weishui camp to plead guilty to Young Master Zhang. In addition, the five soldiers of Zuo Liangyu who raped civilian girls, Sun Chengzong also had the attitude of preserving as much as possible, and let the military law team of the Shaanxi-Gansu army punish them Forty army sticks, beat the buttocks bloody, and then put them on a stretcher and carried them to the Weishui camp to be dealt with by Young Master Zhang. In Sun Chengzong's view, since he has severely punished these soldiers, it is impossible for Young Master Zhang to be so cruel. I won't kill these soldiers with considerable military exploits.

It is a pity that Sun Chengzong has completely forgotten one thing. Since ancient times, as long as Confucian generals have a little morality, they will not be unclear about rewards and punishments, and they will not be merciful to soldiers and generals who violate military laws—otherwise, when their own force is almost equal to zero. Next, how do you lead troops?How to convince the public?How can he command the entire army like a commanding arm?

"So, you have confessed to the two crimes of kidnapping and raping a civilian girl and holding a knife against the military law enforcement team?" After raising the account and asking what happened in public, Young Master Zhang asked Zuo Liangyu's five soldiers calmly.Several soldiers of Zuo Liangyu who had been beaten to death saw that Young Master Zhang had no anger on his face, and said that Young Master Zhang had calmed down, so they all kowtowed and said, "Return to the adults, the younger ones are waiting to plead guilty, please forgive me, the younger ones. Don’t dare.” “Yes, my lord, we don’t dare anymore.” “My lord, the little ones will never do such a thing again.”

"Just plead guilty." Young Master Zhang nodded with a smile, and said calmly: "But there is no next time for you, come, let me push out these five soldiers who raped civilian women and resisted the law with force, and behead them in public. With the military law."

"Decree!" Unsurprisingly, Young Master Zhang's personal team agreed with clasped fists, and went forward to pick him up.Sun Chengzong, the generals from Shaanxi and Gansu on both sides, and Zuo Liangyu, who was kneeling in the middle with the thorns on his back, were already stunned. The five unlucky guards were even more stunned until they were set up by the guards of Young Master Zhang. , Only then did he come to his senses, struggling and shouting: "My lord, spare me! For me!" "My lord, we know we were wrong, and we dare not do this again. Please forgive us!" "My lord, my lord, my little brother!" I know I was wrong, I won’t do it again, I beg you to spare me——!”

"Wait!" Sun Chengzong stood up, stopped the military law team first, and then hurriedly cupped his hands to Young Master Zhang and said, "Zhang Butang, these soldiers violated your military orders. Forty army sticks, please spare their lives and let them make meritorious deeds!" Then, Sun Chengzong was afraid that Master Zhang would not agree, and added: "Also, when they attacked Xi'an City on the night of February [-], they These are the first batch of Ming soldiers to rush up the city wall, please spare their lives for the sake of their merits."

"Yes, my lord, please spare their lives for the sake of their merits." All the generals in Shaanxi and Gansu pleaded for mercy.Young Master Zhang remained calm and shouted, "Where is General Man Gui?"

"The end is here!" Man Gui agreed with clasped fists.Young Master Zhang asked: "When I returned triumphantly from the Northern Expedition to the Horqin Grassland in the sixth year of Tianqi, what contributions were made to the people in your army who were punished by me, and why they were killed, please tell Mr. Sun Ge and the generals. "

"The last general obeys." Man Gui is a straight person, and he replied without hesitation: "The soldier who was killed by the Lord in the sixth year of Tianqi was called Hadan. He was the commander of the cavalry under the last general's command. In the battle of Xifengkou in Beijing, Taijihas Ula in the Karaqin Grassland was captured alive. Later, in the battle of Kuisubak, he was hit by three arrows and still fought to the death. He killed a Horqin commander and captured an enemy centurion Afterwards, when our army triumphantly returned to Gubeikou, he killed a local citizen because of a quarrel, and he was beheaded by you to show the public! Take out a hundred taels of silver to comfort his family!"

"Very good, but you don't need to say the last sentence." Young Master Zhang nodded and shouted again: "Where is Wu Sangui?"

"The last general is here!" Wu Sangui also went out and clasped his fists, and said without the order of Young Master Zhang: "In the eighth year of the apocalypse, after the Zhangjiakou battle, Ai Hua, a soldier of the last wolf cavalry, was beheaded by you for publicity because he molested a civilian girl and attempted adultery. This person has participated in the Battle of Xifengkou, the Battle of Chicken Fighting, the Battle of Kuisubulak, the Outer Battle of Gelejuergen City, the Battle of Fugu, the Battle of Linxian and the Battle of Zhangjiakou. He fought bravely and killed the enemy first. Hundreds of people even captured Dadaqi, the son of Yanchuke, the brother-in-law of Mongolian Great Khan Lindan, on the battlefield. If you dare to intercede with your lord, you only need to donate a penny to comfort his family! For this reason, the last general was severely punished by the lord for twenty military sticks, and the last general is incompetent in governing the army, so he is willing to accept the crime!"

"Old Sun Ge, generals, do you still want to intercede for them?" Young Master Zhang asked Sun Chengzong and the generals from Shaanxi and Gansu calmly.In fact, without the need for Young Master Zhang to ask, Sun Chengzong and all the generals from Shaanxi, Gansu and Gansu were already displeased. The second-rate soldiers died.In desperation, Sun Chengzong and the generals from Shaanxi, Gansu and Gansu had no choice but to retreat, while Young Master Zhang waved his hand without any hesitation and shouted: "Push out, behead!"

"My lord, my lord! Spare me! Elder Ge, elder Ge, save us! General Zuo—!" Amidst the screams, the five unlucky ones were pushed out of the gate and had their heads chopped off.Zuo Liangyu, who was kneeling in the middle with the thorns on his back, was also feeling agitated. He wanted to beg for mercy, but he couldn't save face. Don't beg for mercy, and he didn't know how Master Zhang, the murderous demon king, would deal with him. Frightened, Zuo Liangyu secretly peeked at the second Sun Chengzong, who was kind to him, and it happened that Sun Chengzong also peeked over to see him, and his eyes met. Sun Chengzong nodded slightly to Zuo Liangyu, and winked again Only then did Zuo Liangyu feel relieved a little, bit the bullet and kowtowed to Young Master Zhang and said: "Zhang Butang, the last general is incompetent in governing the army, and his subordinates made such a big mistake, the last general is willing to accept the crime, please punish him severely. "

"You are not strict with the army, of course you have to accept punishment." Young Master Zhang said coldly: "But I don't want to pick only sesame seeds and not watermelons——Zuo Liangyu, I'm asking you, the military law team arrested you When you violated the law, did you ever lead the army to confront the military law team? And you even uttered wild words, if the military law doesn’t let your personal soldiers go, you will kill all the military law team?”

"The last general... The last general was impulsive." Zuo Liangyu knew that there were too many onlookers at that time, so he didn't dare to quibble, so he had to bite the bullet and admit the crime honestly.Young Master Zhang nodded slightly, and asked again: "Then tell yourself, what should you do for your behavior?"

"Decapitate..." Zuo Liangyu replied fearfully.Young Master Zhang nodded again, and calmly said: "Okay, come here, push Zuo Liangyu out of the gate, behead him in public, and use the law of the army!"

"What?" Zuo Liangyu was in a hurry, jumped up and shouted: "Why do you want to kill me? Let's not say that I didn't rape the women, so what if I did? Those women are all Li Zicheng and Li Zicheng. The thieves like Zhang Xianzhong are playing with the leftover broken shoes, and the thieves like Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong are playing with it, why can't our officers and soldiers play with it?"

"Kunshan, shut up, old man!" Sun Chengzong, who was about to come out to intercede, yelled angrily.The faces of Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong immediately became embarrassing and gloomy. Although Young Master Zhang had been mentally prepared for this, he couldn't help being furious when he heard such words. He slapped the table and roared: "Bold! Die!" At the end of the day, do you still dare to speak sophistry?"

"The last general didn't quibble, he was telling the truth!" Zuo Liangyu also stood up and shouted: "Your Master Zhang, you can go to the city to inquire, ask Zhang Xianzhong and Li Zicheng, the two thieves, And their thieves, how many women did they play with in Xi'an? reason?"

"Zuo Liangyu, shut up, old man! Shut up!" Sun Chengzong was so anxious that he almost wanted to strangle Zuo Liangyu to death.Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong were furious, rushed up and punched together, the Shaanxi-Gansu generals of course quit, they also came forward to protect Zuo Liangyu, and there was chaos in the tent.Fortunately, there are musketeers around Young Master Zhang, and the snipers who had been prepared for a long time shot at the sky to deter the turmoil. Amidst the sound of gunfire, Young Master Zhang roared: "Xuan Da, the generals of Henan, listen to the order, go up and pull me away!" , Anyone who does anything casually will be taken down immediately!" Xuan Da and the Henan generals stepped forward according to the order, and immediately separated the Shaanxi-Gansu generals who were shocked by the gunfire from Li Zicheng and others.

"Zhang Butang, this is an old man who is not strict in governing the army. Please punish him." Sun Chengzong, who was sweating profusely, bowed and bowed, and begged: "It's just Zuo Liangyu who fought bravely and made outstanding achievements. If you have made great achievements, please forgive his crimes, and I will let him kowtow to you to make amends." After speaking, Sun Chengzong turned to Zuo Liangyu and shouted: "Sinister, why don't you kowtow to Zhang Butang to make amends?"

"If you want to kill, kill, your head is as big as a bowl, and a scar is as big as a bowl! What's the big deal?!" Zuo Liangyu roared with red eyes, "I just want to ask you Zhang Haogu, why do you only kill us and not Li Zicheng and Li Zicheng? Zhang Xianzhong?"

"Son of a bitch, I'll cut you off!" Zhang Xianzhong, who was stabbed with the scar on his heart, was furious, and subconsciously touched the knife again.Fortunately, Young Master Zhang yelled in time: "Zhang Xianzhong, step down from me! You don't have a place to speak here!" Wu Liuqi also stepped forward to hold Zhang Xianzhong, even winking to calm him down.Young Master Zhang turned to Zuo Liangyu again and said with a sinister smile: "Very well, since you are not convinced, then I will answer your question and make you understand! Why do you ask me why I only kill you and not Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong? Then I ask you a question, what were Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong's identities when they harmed the people in Xi'an City? What are their identities later?"

Zuo Liangyu was speechless, but Young Master Zhang went on to say, "Can't you answer? It's okay, I will answer for you——When Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong harmed the people in the city, they were still rioters and were not subject to military discipline." Later, they faithfully carried out the order of the official and redeemed their crimes, so the official went to the court and asked the court to pardon their crimes, and no longer pursue their previous mistakes! And they surrendered and were organized into the official army After that, did you ever think of you like this, conniving at the soldiers to rape and looting and leading the army to confront the military law team?”

"Zhang Butang is right. After the two generals Zhang Xianzhong and Li Zicheng surrendered, they really strictly restrained their soldiers and never did anything that harmed the people." Sun Chengzong agreed, and then scolded Zuo Liangyu: , You are really getting more and more outrageous. You took the lead in violating the military law, but you dare to climb up on others, yell at the handsome account, and contradict your boss? Kneel down, kneel down to Zhang Butang!" The Shaanxi-Gansu generals winked, the Shaanxi-Gansu generals agreed, hurried forward and hurriedly pushed Zuo Liangyu to his knees.

"General Li, General Zhang, calm your anger too." Young Master Zhang ignored Zuo Liangyu, turned to Zhang Xianzhong and Li Zicheng and said, "Don't worry about what happened today, I will definitely give you an explanation. But you You must also remember that you are now officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty, and if you dare to do similar things in the future, I will never let you off lightly." Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong were grateful, they clasped their fists in agreement and then retreated bitterly.Young Master Zhang nodded, then turned to Zuo Liangyu and asked: "Zuo Liangyu, did you hear what I said? I can't kill you on the march now, are you convinced?"

Zuo Liangyu hated and remained silent, while Sun Chengzong cupped his hands profusely to Young Master Zhang and said, "Zhang Butang, since you gave Generals Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong a chance to make meritorious service and atonement, please give General Zuo a meritorious service to atone for their crimes too." If there is an opportunity, the old man is willing to be a guarantor for General Zuo Liangyu, please keep him under the sword, Mr. Butang."

"Old grandson, I finally understand why Yuan Chonghuan has grown up in your hands." Young master Zhang muttered in his heart, and then raised his voice and said, "Old Sun Ge, it's not that the younger generation didn't give you face, it's just that Zuo Liangyu indulged you many times. Disturbing the people first, then leading the troops to resist the law, and finally roaring at the commander-in-chief, disturbing the morale of the army, if the younger generation does not kill him, how can he convince the people?" After finishing speaking, Young Master Zhang slammed the table again, and shouted: "Come on, immediately Zuo Liangyu pushed out the gate and beheaded for public display!"

"Butang, please forgive me outside the law!" Wu Zimian, the commander-in-chief of Shaanxi, came out and knelt down on his knees, begging for mercy.The other Shaanxi-Gansu generals also knelt down one after another, and said: "Minister, please show mercy outside the law, and allow General Zuo to take the crime and make meritorious deeds!"

"Generals, I'm sorry, military law is ruthless, even if my own brother committed such a serious crime, I can't forgive him." Young Master Zhang shook his head, and shouted: "Push out, behead!"

"Zhang Butang——!" Sun Chengzong, who likes to protect his weaknesses too much, was forced to kneel down to Master Zhang, kowtowed and said: "Please, Butang, for the sake of this old man, spare Zuo Liangyu's life and give him a general!" A chance for redemption! Old man, please——!"

"Ge Lao, you..." The emperor's teachers all knelt down, and Young Master Zhang had no choice but to stand up, and sat down to help Sun Chengzong, but Sun Chengzong refused to stand up no matter what he said.The generals of Xuan and Henan were outraged, and except for a few generals, most of them also knelt down and begged Young Master Zhang, "Please forgive me outside the law and give General Zuo a chance to atone for his crimes." .”

"Well, for the sake of Elder Ge and the generals, let him spare his life." Young Master Zhang, who had expected this situation a long time ago, had no choice but to change his words, and said viciously: "But the death penalty can be avoided, but the living penalty cannot be avoided. Escape, drag you down, and punish the sixty army sticks! Also, under my rule, I will never allow such criminal crimes to exist. You, Zuo Liangyu, came from Ningyuan to serve as an army in Shaanxi, so you will be exonerated by me. Get rid of all positions, demote to ordinary soldiers, and then go back to Ningyuan as an army!"

"Zhang Butang..." Sun Chengzong still wanted to plead.But Young Master Zhang flicked his sleeves and said: "Mr. Ge, you don't need to intercede anymore. If you didn't kill him, this junior has already given you great face! If this junior spares him again, what face will you have to meet those who have made great achievements?" A Ming general who died under the law enforcement knife of the younger generation?" Sun Chengzong had no choice but to get up in embarrassment, and most of the other Shaanxi-Gansu generals also stood up helplessly, and Zuo Liangyu over there held his head high and was escorted out of the big tent by the military law team. Go to the execution ground to accept military punishment.

After a while, Zuo Liangyu, who was beaten to bloody blood and fainted many times, was carried into the big tent again, and was subjected to the torture test by Young Master Zhang. Young Master Zhang carefully looked at Zuo Liangyu's expression, and found that there was something in his eyes. Sure enough, he was raging with anger and full of hatred, as if he wanted to eat himself alive.Young Master Zhang nodded slightly, and shouted again: "Take it down, tomorrow morning, immediately send people to Ningyuan to serve as an army, and don't stay for a moment!" When Sun Chengzong was cheeky and wanted to plead again, Young Master Zhang had already walked away, refusing to say anything Give him another chance.

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After being disturbed by Zuo Liangyu's incident, the banquet for Xuanda's generals and soldiers to wash away the wind and dust naturally had the fate of breaking up unhappy. They met again in Wu Liuqi's tent, drank some wine and talked about their farewell feelings, and by the way, played a few small money to adjust their emotions, and they were happy.After the commotion reached midnight, the generals were about to disperse for a rest, but Young Master Zhang's personal soldiers came to deliver an order, and said to Wu Liuqi: "General Wu, the hall asked you to bring fifty good soldiers and go to his dormitory immediately. Wait for your order."

"What's the matter? Do you want us to go too?" Wu Sangui, Zhao Shuilun and other generals were all taken aback, fearing that the Shaanxi and Gansu generals would not accept Zuo Liangyu's matter and tried to harm Young Master Zhang.Wu Liuqi yawned and said, "Since the ministry only asked me to bring fifty brothers there, it proves that it won't be a big deal. Everyone, go back to sleep at ease. I'll just take people there." , asked Wu Liuqi to let him know immediately if something happened, and then they all went away. Wu Liuqi called Wu Sangui who lived in his house again, and said with a smile, "Brother Sangui, you are very skilled, how about paying me for a trip?"

"No problem." Wu Sangui agreed immediately without thinking too much, and followed Wu Liuqi to bring 50 people to Master Zhang's tent.After arriving at Young Master Zhang's tent, Young Master Zhang had been waiting at the door of the tent for a long time. When he saw Wu Liuqi and others coming, Young Master Zhang ordered in a low voice not to light the torch, but he waved his hand and took the lead. The soldiers followed in silence.But what surprised Wu Liuqi and Wu Sangui was that Young Master Zhang led them to turn left and right in the camp, and they turned to the door of Zuo Liangyu's tent who had just been beaten up!
"Shitou, take someone to follow me in." Young Master Zhang ordered in a low voice, "Brother Liuqi, your people are watching outside. Without my order, no one is allowed to enter the tent, and no one is allowed to approach this place." Wu Liuqi and the others trembled, quickly lowered their voices and agreed, and quickly surrounded Zuo Liangyu's bed tent. It was too dark, and Wu Sangui, who had never been noticed by Young Master Zhang, led ten good men to guard the back door of the bed tent, waiting in full force.And after Young Master Zhang entered the tent with his own soldiers, Zuo Liangyu's roar soon sounded in the tent, "What are you doing here?"

"Of course I came to see you, and I brought you medicine for golden sores." Young Master Zhang smiled in the tent.Zuo Liangyu said angrily: "Stop pretending to be a good person here, I am no longer your soldier, you go!"

"General Zuo, don't be angry." Young Master Zhang said with a smile in the tent: "No matter what, you are still a tenant of my family. Even if I am not your boss, I am still your young master. It is reasonable to come and see As it should."

"What? Zuo Liangyu was born as a tenant of Mrs. Zhang's family?" Wu Sangui was taken aback, and quickly pricked up his ears to listen carefully, only to hear Zuo Liangyu roaring in the tent, refusing to recognize Mr. Zhang as his own landlord, Mr. Zhang said with a smile : "General Zuo, I know you hate me, and you want to kill me, but I really have no choice - if I don't beat you up, how can I put you back to Ningyuan logically? Put you back with Yuan Chonghuan Go? How can you help the court solve the big Shanzong case?"

"Shanzong?!" Wu Sangui turned pale with shock—although Wu Sangui was not a member of the Shanzong, but his father and three uncles were genuine backbones of the Shanzong, and they were more or less heard of in Ningyuan City.Surprised, when Wu Sangui listened carefully again, Young Master Zhang's voice in the tent was much quieter, and Wu Sangui could only hear a little vaguely when he straightened his ears, "General Zuo, let me tell you the truth... The imperial court was very angry about this, but Ningyuan City was almost completely controlled by the Shanzong and the Zu family, and the needles could not be penetrated, and the water could not be poured in... Although Fusi of Dongchang Town spent a lot of effort, he only installed a few Work carefully... If you can seize this opportunity, your future will be limitless..."

"Don't worry, I will put you back in Ningyuan City, and I won't let you fight alone..." Young Master Zhang's voice became lower and lower, and at the end, Wu Sangui simply couldn't hear what he said.But the more this is the case, the more Wu Sangui's mood is overwhelmed——Master Zhang and Ning Yuan have a bad relationship. Although Wu Sangui has not experienced it personally, he has heard a lot of it. In the letter, inside and out, the letter is full of words asking about the military situation of the slaughtered slave army and the current situation of Young Master Zhang, and it also hints at Wu Sangui, asking Wu Sangui to try to get a batch of rifled muskets to Ningyuan, who won the trust of Young Master Zhang and the court Wu Sangui In a dilemma, although he did not have the courage to agree to the request of his father and uncle, he was also greatly shaken, not knowing where he should stand.Now that he overheard how Young Master Zhang was planning how to deal with Yuan Chonghuan and his uncle's family, Wu Sangui inevitably didn't know where he should stand...

"Okay, young master, I promise you." When Wu Sangui was losing his mind, Zuo Liangyu's voice suddenly came from the sleeping tent, "Young master, don't worry, when I arrive in Ningyuan, I will follow your instructions and find out the truth of Shanzong. There are those people who have figured out Yuan Chonghuan’s every move and reported it to you and the court, and if necessary, the general can help you get rid of or arrest Yuan Chonghuan, so that the thief does not escape.”

"Okay! General Zuo really deserves to be the pillar of the country! With you in Ningyuan, the Shanzong will be destroyed and the national thief will be captured, just around the corner!" Young Master Zhang shouted joyfully, then lowered his voice and muttered in a low voice.Wu Sangui tried hard several times but failed to hear what Master Zhang said next. In desperation, he had to give up, and there was only one thought left in his mind, "Should I tell my father and uncle about this...?"

Fortunately for Wu Sangui, because it was in the middle of the night and he didn't light a torch, after Young Master Zhang came out of Zuo Liangyu's tent, he didn't notice his existence from the beginning to the end, but kissed him silently. Under the protection of soldiers and soldiers of the Slaughtering Army, they returned to their tents, and immediately waved Wu Liuqi and others back to the camp to rest. My own tent, sitting alone with a lonely lamp in the tent until dawn......

What Wu Sangui didn't know was that when he was hesitating whether he should tell his father and uncles about Zuo Liangyu, the insider Zuo Liangyu, who Young Master Zhang was going to use to place Yuan Chonghuan next to Yuan Chonghuan, was in his bedroom. Zhong moaned and smiled inwardly, "Hehehehe, Master Dog, do you think that the position of Liaodong General and 3000 taels of silver can buy you and me, Zuo Ye? You, Master Zuo, will never forget it in this life! You probably never dreamed that you, Master Zuo, and I are actually from the Shanzong...!"

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