"Lord Zhao," Shi Jingkui was shocked when he heard this, "Disobey the military order, do you know the consequences?" ”

Zhao Xingde nodded, his cheeks were sunken, and under the dim candlelight, his face looked unusually gloomy. Shi Jingkui hesitated for a moment and persuaded: "Your Excellency, you can know that Luoyang is the 'gate' household in the eastern part of the Kanto, and Xiangyang is the 'gate' household in the southeast. Now that the two cities are in the hands of our dynasty, if the 'gate' of the eastern part of the country is opened, it will be the time to sweep the Liao and Song dynasties when our army has finished the Roma Turks. And the Liao and Song dynasties are like frogs at the bottom of a well, biting each other all over the body, and forming an indissoluble hatred. The world belongs to my Great Xia, it is already an irreversible trend, although the adult is extremely high, but he was born in the Kanto region, and it is very unwise to disobey the orders of the military government at this juncture. Your Excellency, you have to think twice. ”

Zhao Xingde was stunned for a moment, took a light breath, and sighed: "Shi Changshi's 'hole' is full of the current situation, and Zhao admires it." There is no doubt that the world will return to summer, and the trend of the times will come. If there is no Zhao in the world, the unification of the world is just around the corner. However, Zhao was ordered to command the southeast, and it was his duty to protect the territory and the people. If he retreats at this time and allows the Liao soldiers to burn and loot all the way back, Zhao will be ashamed and will have trouble sleeping for the rest of his life. Compared with the life and death of tens of millions of people in the Central Plains, which is lighter and which is more important? ”

"The general trend of the world cannot be reversed by the power of one person." Zhao Xingde's face turned resolute, "However, what I can improve myself, I should do my best and do my best." He looked at Shi Jingkui and said in a deep voice, "I have made up my mind." Since the military government has an order, the soldiers and horses in Guanxi will be led by Shi Changshi to go west to meet the division, and then act on the orders of General Wu. I will lead the Song soldiers to pursue Yelu Dashi all the way to the north. When the matter of Kanto was over, I went to Kansai and listened to the judgment of the Military Judge Advocate General's Department. He paused, and then said, "The military order was issued to me, and I will bear the responsibility of disobeying the military order alone, please Shi Changshi do not have to tell the generals Gao, Liu, and Du, so as not to embarrass them." ”

Shi Jingkui's lips moved, sighed, and nodded. If it is common sense that the commander of the army does not obey the military order, the marching Sima has the right to seize the military power, and send the person to prison to wait for the trial of the military justice department. However, Zhao Xingde has tens of thousands of 'elite' soldiers and horses in the southeast, how can he be at his mercy? With Zhao Xingde's prestige, Du Fujiao, Gao Su, Liu Zhijian and others may not agree to detain him.

After Shi Jingkui left, Zhao Xingde stood up, exhaled a long breath, spit out all the turbid air in his 'chest', took off his helmet soft armor, and prepared to play a set of punches to stretch his muscles and bones, and then go to bed. Wu Jie's troops to occupy Xiangyang, Zhao Xingde's decision to the military government has some expectations, these days, he has not been without anxiety and contradictions in his heart, but since he has made up his mind, the only thing left to do is to raise the 'essence' and prepare for the Northern Expedition. He had just put on a posture, and there was another report from outside the 'door', and Ouyang Shan asked to see Ouyang Shan, the protector of the ten battalions. Zhao Xingde sighed, didn't know what was going on, sat back and ordered the meeting.

Ouyang Shan lowered his head and walked into the room with a solemn face, and saw that Zhao Xingde had changed into a loose cloth shirt, he was slightly stunned, and said apologetically: "Disturb General Zhao's rest, please forgive the last general's sin." Having said that, his eyes looked at Zhao Xingde, as if he had something to report. What a crime," Zhao Xingde smiled slightly, stretched out his hand to invite Ouyang Shan to sit down, "General Ouyang, as the envoy of the tenth battalion, would not have come to visit late at night if it wasn't for something important." "In the past few days, these newly elected envoys in the army have also competed, and they have not fought with the commander-in-chief, but have redoubled their 'fine' efforts to understand the hardships of the soldiers, especially Ouyang Shan, who is deeply valued by Zhao Xingde.

"My subordinates are here to ask your lord to administer justice." Ouyang Shan's 'desire' stopped talking, and finally made up his mind to tell the truth one by one. It turned out that when Ouyang Shan inspected the military camp, he found that a soldier named Beishe was depressed, and under questioning, he learned that when the Baoyi Army went out, the wife of the Beishe people had an 'affair' with the monks of the nearby temple. Ouyang Shan was furious, and immediately brought people to the temple to bring out the monk who committed the crime, and after interrogation, the result was even more appalling. Most of the dependents of the Baoyi Army were placed in the original 'Dong' Ting Water Village, and the number of those who were defiled was still few. The Zhenguo Army is stationed in Ezhou all year round, and the number of people involved is even larger. Because this matter was related to the morale of the army, Ouyang Shan did not dare to be specialized, and immediately came to report to Zhao Xingde in the starry night.

Listening to Ouyang Shan's report, Zhao Xingde's smile gradually faded and turned into an iron blue 'color'.

"In addition to insulting the families of the soldiers, the big monks in these temples have done a lot of things to bully men and 'women'. Even before the 'spring' of each year, the great monk told the tenants that there were yellow 'flowers' and 'daughters' planting paddy fields, good daughters-in-law and 'women' planting good land, and rotten daughters-in-law 'women' planting land, and people without 'women' could only open up wasteland! The tenants who planted the temple and the fields, the lady and the girl were not willing to marry, and the young man was not willing to marry. After Ouyang Shan finished speaking angrily, his face was 'revealed' and his face was difficult, "My lord, according to the name of this dynasty, all 'traitors' will be imprisoned for two years, monks, Daojia, etc. However, there are a large number of people involved in this case, and if this weathering case is 'handed over' to the Ezhou government for disposal, it will inevitably spread the ugly things everywhere, resulting in unstable morale in the army. But if it is not 'handed over' to the government for disposal, the soldiers will fight with their lives, be cuckolded, and be angry. I also hope that the Lord will administer justice to the soldiers. "Ouyang Shan thought about it more, once this matter became public, it would be difficult for many of the soldiers involved to raise their heads in front of people, and the army's heart was 'chaotic', and the Northern Expedition was a big mistake.

"Naturally, the military spirit is the most important! The country is in turmoil and eventful," Zhao Xingde's face was 'pale' Tie Qingdao, "Do you have conclusive evidence there?" ”

"The last general will not dare to speak falsely, not only will there be evidence from the prisoner, but he will also be able to obtain conclusive evidence." Ouyang Shan said with a disgusted 'color' on his face. The so-called "evidence" is some so-called "love tokens" hidden by the temple monks, such as the hair, nails, and intimate clothing of the "woman". The monks sometimes showed off to each other 'in private', and the big monks who were arrested confessed one by one in order to get rid of their crimes.

"It is good that the evidence is conclusive, so as not to be innocent. It is necessary not only to punish these unscrupulous people, but also to stabilize the morale of the army," Zhao Xingde's face showed a fierce 'color', pondered for a moment, and ordered, "Since this matter has been revealed, we must make a decision immediately, and we must not leak the rumors, and the temple involved, you lead people and horses to surround it first, and declare that the Liao thieves please move the demons to harm my Great Song Dynasty, and recruit the monks in the temple to fight with the demons." After detaining the monks in the army, prepare the confessions and evidence as soon as possible and make them a confidential document for archiving. When the army lined up to challenge the Liao soldiers, they put these 'high monks' in their mouths and put them in front of the military formation to charge the enemy first...... Take military law. In other words, those who look left and right will die, those who make noise for no reason will die, those who will 'confuse' the people will die, those who will not advance when they hear the drums will die, and those who will retreat from the battle will die. ”

Killing all these monks, Ouyang Shan was shocked, since the Tang Dynasty believed in Buddhism, monks still have a special status in the minds of ordinary people. Yelu Dashi destroyed the Buddha in the Liao Kingdom, and the scholars of the Song Kingdom also criticized and wrote against him. Ouyang Shan came back to his senses, and when he was quite happy, he looked at Zhao Xingde and said in a low voice: "My lord, at this time, hundreds of monks are involved, if you want to get rid of them all, do you want to contact the Zhenguo Army Yue Shumi, after all, this is not a matter of the Baoyi Army's family." In case someone takes advantage of the topic to play, the two of us will bear it together, and the court will have to weigh the weight. ”

"No need, the military is very important." Zhao Xingde cut the railway, "Before the Northern Expedition, the more people who know, the more risk of 'exposure'." He stared at Ouyang Shan and ordered, "'Handover' to you." The matter of requisitioning the monks of the temple was explained to Chen Xianggong, Cao Shangshu of the Military Department, Wu Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites, and Wen Shangshu of the Criminal Department. If other people ask about the truth in vain, you ask them to ask me directly. ”

"The last will understand." Ouyang Shan received the order in a low voice, and asked again, "What about the families of those soldiers who have 'adultery' with the monks?" ”

"Let them go first," Zhao Xingde shook his head and said in a low voice, "The Liao soldiers invaded the south, the world was 'chaotic', the people were displaced, and their wives were separated. The dependents of many officers and men in the army also made up in a hurry, and some even bought them with money, and the relationship between husband and wife is shallow. This time to kill the demon monks, it should have a deterrent effect on these fish that slipped through the net. However, if these 'women' are directly punished, the matter will inevitably be publicized, but it will 'disturb' people's hearts. It is difficult for Qing officials to decide family affairs, and the involvement of the government and military judges is easy to attract the resentment of the soldiers. ”

"Great handsome benevolence," Ouyang Shan nodded, "The last general must work hard and never leak the slightest rumor." ”

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In the early morning, the golden sunlight penetrated the clouds, and thousands of beams of light 'licked' and licked. The earth is soaked in blood. In addition to the corpses that were collected and burned in each place, there were still many stumps and broken arms left in various places, and the smell of decay was 'mixed' with the smell of gunpowder smoke, as well as various smells of hot weather, forming a unique smell on the battlefield, so that people could not distinguish all kinds of them. According to the detailed report, the epidemic of summer heat and epidemic in the camp of the Liao State has become more and more severe, and many people have died in the army and nearby villages, and they have not even had time to burn them, so they are all thrown into the river and floated down the river.

In the past few days, as long as the Liao army does not attack the city, Zhao Xingde ordered all the troops to take turns to go out of the city to challenge the formation, on the one hand to hone their subordinates, and on the other hand to test whether the main force of the Liao army is still outside the city. The 20 battalion firecrackers wore black 'color' tie 'legs', and they looked very 'lean' and neat.

The left army was under the command of Lu Mingyu, and he led 20 battalions of firearms to line up behind the city and challenge the Liao army. Lu Mingyu frowned and looked back, and with a wave of his hand from Ouyang Shan, a group of more than 100 monks were pushed down from the cart with curtains hanging in a row. The monks' faces were very pale, as if they had not seen the light of day for a long time, and when they got out of the car, they couldn't help but squint their eyes when they saw the strong sunlight. Even more strange is that each monk has a wooden stick stuck in his mouth, and the two ends of the stick are tied behind his head with strips of cloth, which is often called "title" in the army, which is used to prevent the soldiers from alarming the enemy army by shouting "chaos" during marching and sneak attacks. It's just very rare to tie the wooden pieces so tightly that they almost burst their mouths.

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