Chapter 558: The Truth
Yuan Fang glanced back and said, "They? It was the soldiers of the Taiji Legion and the Rock Legion and the Lone Wolf Legion, among which there were also several lieutenant officers. ”
Tang Jian was completely stunned when he heard this: "You, what mistake did they make?" ”
Yuan Fang sighed and said: "I have repeatedly emphasized before that it is not allowed to harass the people at will and kill innocents indiscriminately, but what about them, take my words as the wind in their ears, if I don't kill a hundred people, who will care about the military order in the future, I can't help it." ”
Tang Jian has led the troops for many years, so he naturally knows the importance of the majesty of the generals, and sighed and said, "You should make an example of a hundred people." ”
Yuan Fang smiled and said: "I chose this time to execute them because I wanted the brothers of the Dongzhou Army to take this as a warning, and I hope you can also strictly demand the generals under your command and don't make similar mistakes again." ”
Tang Jian smiled bitterly, how could he not see Yuan Fang's intentions, but even if it was strictly required, would it really be useful? Can it really meet Yuan Fang's requirements, and after capturing a city, there is not a single soldier harassing the people? The answer is no, the soldiers are desperate for their lives to rush to kill and have already killed the red eye, once they enter the city, how can they take care of so much, besides, not all the people are so harmless, there are still some things that make trouble and even attack and kill the soldiers of the enemy country to vent their anger, and the soldiers are actually understandable to preemptively strike in order to save their lives.
Of course, there are also many things that take advantage of the chaos to kill people and rob the strong, but the scene is too chaotic, and it is difficult for the officers to restrain them, so this kind of thing has always been a headache for the officers, but there is no good way, and it is not a big deal for them to kill a few enemy people.
Others don't care, but Yuan Fang cares, he didn't say anything when he just entered the city, Yuan Fang didn't have the energy to investigate and investigate, let alone judge right and wrong, Yuan Fang caught these are the villains who wantonly killed and robbed after occupying Pear Flower City, and the ones on the stage are only the representatives of the serious circumstances, and there are more crimes that are slightly less serious have been escorted back to the imperial capital by Yuan Fang to be dealt with by Yang Xing, and he intends to execute them in public to set an example, even if he can't completely prevent such things from happening again, It's also good to make those who have the same mind have scruples and be a little more restrained.
In front of Tang Jian and the officers, Yuan Fang gave an order without mercy, and the female soldiers on the torture carried the knife fell to the ground, more than a dozen heads fell to the ground, and blood sprayed all over the ground, Yuan Fang looked around at the generals and said loudly: "I hope you can restrain your subordinates, I don't want the generals' subordinates to appear on Xingtai next time, of course, once I find out, I will definitely not be soft." After speaking, the horse and Tang Jian entered the city together.
Yuan Fang didn't say anything big, he believed that everyone understood, but some people still couldn't suppress the tyranny in their hearts, so Yuan Fang reminded them with bloody facts, hoping that they would wake up after seeing such a tragedy.
Xingtai is built next to the city gate, and the corpse on it is also placed on it, every soldier who enters the city can see it clearly, and when passing by Xingtai, the soldiers are all discussing, and after learning the identity of the deceased and the reason for the matter, the soldiers have different ideas, some secretly scold Yuan Fang for being troublesome, and some are afraid of Yuan Fang's cold-bloodedness, and there are those who agree with Yuan Fang's approach, anyway, the matter spreads through their mouths, and Yuan Fang's goal has been achieved.
Yuan Fang's personality is gentle, and he can't be close to iron and blood at all, the reason why he made such a big fire and executed so many people at one time this time was because he couldn't bear to see that miserable scene with his own eyes.
It was the second day of the capture of Pear Flower City, Yuan Fang took Xia Yi and them to Beicheng to find Yuqing, passing by a small mansion on the way, there was chaos inside, and the crying came far away, originally, Yuan Fang didn't care too much, and sent a few female soldiers to see what was happening, but the female soldiers only went in Soon a thin figure ran out of the gate, Yuan Fang could see clearly, it was a fifteen or sixteen-year-old girl, at this time she was covered with scars, probably seeing that Yuan Fang was surrounded by female soldiers and would not be humiliated again, The girl ran to Yuan Fang with full hope, but before she could run far, a soldier in leather armor then caught up and slashed it with a knife in his hand, Yuan Fang remembered clearly, the girl fell in a pool of blood and still looked at her eyes, sad, sad and a trace of relief.
Yuan Fang was angry, and the female soldiers were also angry, and immediately beat the murderer and tied him up, but when Yuan Fang strode into the mansion and saw everything that happened inside, Yuan Fang wanted to kill people.
The courtyard was littered with corpses, blood staining the bricks of the floor, the frightened cries of women begging for mercy resounded in the room, and many disheveled soldiers carried packages full of various belongings in and out of the rooms. Yuan Fang's face was pale, and under an order, the female soldiers scattered and grabbed the bandits one by one and concentrated them in the front yard, some of these soldiers immediately knelt down and begged for mercy after seeing Yuan Fang, and some were unimpressed, when Yuan Fang saw the women who were abused by the soldiers, and the injured who were beaten and disabled, Yuan Fang was furious, this is not what he wanted to see, let alone the purpose of attacking Pear Flower City, the soldiers under his command are soldiers and not bandits, their responsibility is to protect the family and the country and not bully the weak, Yuan Fang immediately ordered everyone to be taken into custody, and ordered Li Yue, Yu Zhan, Qin Yan and Yuqing strictly investigated to prevent similar things from happening again.
also asked Luo Siping and Ren Fei to set up a temporary inspection team to clean up such bandits, and the result was that in just half a day, Luo Siping and they arrested more than 100 people, and the circumstances were relatively serious, which made Yuan Fang a little disheartened, not knowing whether what he did was right or wrong.
Fortunately, the female soldiers did not disappoint Yuan Fang, although there were some individual mistakes and robbed some property, but on the whole, Yuan Fang was quite satisfied, plus this expedition was for his brother Yang Xing, Yuan Fang finally strengthened his determination, of course, those bandits still had to be severely punished, and the whole army was notified on the same day, and more than a dozen officers and more than 20 villains led by the execution were executed.
With those lessons from the past, the soldiers were much more restrained, no one did those things that hurt nature and reason for evil, and the people in the city were also settled, and gradually regained stability with the passage of time.
Getting back to the point, the main force of Tang Jian's Dongzhou Army arrived, and the defense of Pear Blossom City was raised to the extreme, even if there were 200,000 enemy troops coming to attack the city at this time, Yuan Fang was not afraid. There was nothing to say all the way, a group of generals came to the city lord's mansion, Yuan Fang held the first strategic summary meeting, according to the guidance of Yuqing and Qin Yan, first gave some meritorious generals awards, and reported to the imperial capital in writing, and then, pointed out some deficiencies in the previous battle, such as the cooperation between the intelligence department and the army is not tacit enough, such as some generals are easy to be impulsive, obviously harassing and containment but always clash head-on with the enemy, and then military discipline, which Yuan Fang repeatedly emphasized and reminded, of course, In the end, Yuan Fang still gave high praise to all the participating troops, and encouraged the generals to make persistent efforts to complete the strategic goals in one go, etc.