Under the order of Zhao Ziliang, Wang Can led people to raid Ma Han's mansion, turning it inside and out, and none of Ma Han's family, family maids and other subordinates ran away, and all of them were arrested.

In the middle of the night, there was silence in the barracks, but the sudden escort of more than 20 masked bandits and nearly 40 corpses broke the peace of the entire barracks, and a drum beat woke all the sleeping soldiers from their sleep, and they ran to the school yard to assemble as fast as they could.

Soon, Zhao Ziliang walked in from outside with a few lieutenants and servants, and asked as he walked, "Have the soldiers all assembled?" ”

Lei Wu, the captain on duty and the captain of the second battalion, replied: "Yes, the soldiers have all been assembled!" ”

Zhao Ziliang said: "Let each battalion count the number of people, and record which people did not come!" ”

"No!"

"Where are the twenty or so masked captives who have just been sent in?"

"Locked in the sixth barracks on the left, does the general want to take a look?"

Zhao Ziliang thought for a while and nodded: "Well, lead the way!" ”

"General, please come with me!"

When they came to the sixth barracks on the left-hand side, several soldiers stood at the door with spears in their hands, and four more soldiers patrolled back and forth, and after asking the soldiers to open the door, several soldiers walked in with torches and shouted: "Get up, get up, all of you, the general is coming!" ”

There was a panic in the barracks, and the more than twenty masked people who had surrendered all stood up, one by one, in a mess, and Zhao Ziliang frowned.

He exclaimed, "Look at you, see for yourselves, what do you look like?" If you don't stand up, are you still my Datang soldier? Stand in four rows for me, and stand neatly! ”

Under Zhao Ziliang's reprimand, these masked people quickly lined up in four rows and stood neatly.

Only then did Zhao Ziliang wave his hand to his subordinate Hu Cong and several other captains: "You all go out, all go out!" ”

Wang Can was a little worried when he saw this, "General・・・・・・"

Zhao Ziliang's eyes widened, and he said angrily: "Do you think they will hurt their generals?" I told you all to get out, get out! ”

Wang Can, Lei Wu and others retreated from the barracks with their entourage.

Zhao Ziliang closed the door, turned around and walked up to these people and said, "Since I promised to give you the opportunity to atone for your sins, I will never break my promise!" Okay, now there is no one else here, only me, no one knows your true face except me, I am your general, you are my soldiers, should we be honest with each other? Should you take your masks off? ”

The masked men hesitated for a few seconds, and one of them took off their masks first, followed by a second person who took off their masks, and soon everyone took off their masks.

Zhao Ziliang looked at their faces one by one, and he sighed: "All of them are good offspring, thank you and others for trusting me." Compared to those who were shot at the door of the inn, you are lucky! In the end, you chose to drop your weapons and surrender, which shows that you are smart, you are so smart, why were you deceived and deceived by Mahan in the first place? You must put yourself in a correct position and mentality, think more about what you are doing here, you are here to make meritorious deeds, not to help some people with evil intentions to do bad things. Tonight's matter, the city lord's mansion will definitely know, and the city lord will definitely send someone to ask for someone, today I will give up this face and the risk of losing your official position to protect you, not to make you loyal to me, not to repay, but because it is not easy for Datang to raise you and train you to be elite soldiers, and it is not easy for your parents to give birth to you, and the more than 30 people who died at the door of the inn did not die in the battle against the enemies of Datang, but died unjustly in the hands of their own people, it is too sad! I don't want you to repeat their mistakes, fame and fortune, everyone likes it, but we are soldiers, and we have to take fame right away, this is the only right way, there is no other way! Our Tang Dynasty is the most powerful and greatest country in the world today, the surrounding small countries, barbarians have to bow down to my Tang Dynasty, respect our emperor as the Khan, all countries come to the dynasty This prosperous situation has a credit from each of you, the glory and greatness of the Tang Dynasty need you brave warriors to protect, your responsibility and mission is extremely important, do you understand? ”

With a "poof", a soldier standing in the front row knelt on the ground and cried bitterly: "General, I was wrong! ”

Seeing this, everyone fell to their knees and cried in shame: "I am waiting to know that I am wrong, and my sin deserves death!" ”

Zhao Zi sighed in his conscience, people's hearts are complicated, these soldiers were originally all good, they were all extremely strong warriors, but they were bought by Ma Han and others because of a little profit and went the wrong way.

He took a few steps forward, helped one of the soldiers up, and said, "Get up, everybody!" ”

"I know it's wrong, it's not too late to correct it! From now on, no one knows that you are involved tonight, General Ben will forget, this matter is over, General Ben hopes that you can change your past mistakes and become new people! If someone comes to contact and bewitch you again, don't be deceived, and report it to the general in time, okay? ”

"Obey the general's orders!"

Zhao Ziliang nodded with satisfaction: "Okay, don't cry, man, don't shed blood or tears, go back to your barracks to change into armor, put on helmets, and be fully armed, General Ben is waiting for you in the school field, go!" ”

Zhao Ziliang came to the high platform of the school field, and Wei Meng, Huo Kan, Wang Can, Li Wentong, Lei Wu, Li Siye, Liang Qi and others all bowed to him.

Lei Wu said: "General, the whole army has been assembled, please give instructions to the general."

Zhao Ziliang said: "There are still people who haven't come, wait a while!" ”

As he spoke, Zhao Ziliang asked, "As of today, how many days have the soldiers not received their salaries?" ”

Li Wentong, Lei Wu, Li Siye, Liang Qi and others looked at each other, and Li Wentong stood up and said: "General, the soldiers have received some food and salary every month, but they have not been paid in full!" ”

Zhao Ziliang said again: "Then converted into silver money, how much is the total amount owed?" Is there a specific number? ”

The lieutenants and lieutenants of the battalion managers quickly counted the number of outstanding figures, and Li Wentong reported to Zhao Ziliang: "General, we have totaled a total of 3,248 outstanding soldiers!" ”

Zhao Ziliang saw Hao Jialin, who had joined the army, standing aside, so he asked, "Lord Hao, how much silver is there in the treasury of the Capture Mansion?" ”

Hao Jialin was so frightened that he stammered: "General, general, the treasury is less than a thousand yuan!" ”

Zhao Ziliang snorted coldly and said angrily: "Hmph, Hao Jialin, you are so bold, such a big belongings as guarding the treasury of the mansion are in your hands, why is it less than a thousand yuan now?" You say, are you waiting for greedy ink, if you don't give General Ben an explanation today, and don't give an explanation to all the soldiers in the audience, don't blame General Ben for being unkind to you! ”

"Poof", Hao Jialin knelt down in fright, cried loudly and quibbled: "General, although his subordinates are in charge of the treasury, they have no right to use the money in the treasury, they are all damned by Ma Han, he forced his subordinates to take money from the treasury to him under various names, he is the deputy envoy of the guard, the official position is above the subordinates, how can the subordinates beat him?" His subordinates are in the same stream as him, he forced it, and please ask the general to see it! ”

Well, this guy put all the blame on the dead man Ma Han, and also said that he was a victim, Zhao Ziliang was so angry that he trembled, but there was no way to deal with him for the time being.

Forcing himself to calm down, Zhao Ziliang took a deep breath and said: "Okay, even so, you are not qualified to join the army, General Ben will find you a deputy to help you, you won't object, right?" Where is Zheng San? ”

Zheng San, who was standing next to him, immediately stood up and said, "The subordinates are here!" ”

"From now on, you will be Lord Hao's deputy, help him deal with the matter of guarding the treasury of the government, immediately seal all the accounts, and find someone to sort out and check all the accounts! In the future, any use of silver money must be reported to the general, and the general can only use it if he agrees! ”

"No!"

Hao Jialin has not agreed, Zhao Ziliang has finalized this matter, which is tantamount to putting him in the air, and he is not allowed to oppose it at all.

Soon, more than 20 soldiers in different armor ran into the school grounds, and each found his own team to stand.

Zhao Ziliang then walked to the middle of the high platform and said loudly: "A major event has happened in the past two days, presumably the soldiers are clear, tonight there are people masked attacking the inn where the leader of the horse bandits is imprisoned, and all of them are taken down by the traps set by this general, among them are two masked people but they are big names in our army, one of them is the deputy envoy of the guard, Ma Han, who has now been shot from behind; The other is Yuwen Changhao, the captain of the first battalion, who had an infighting with Ma Han and was killed by Ma Han! As for the mastermind behind the killing of Mahan, we will continue to investigate! In the past, Ma Han and others made a fortune, withheld the soldiers' salaries, and abandoned the soldiers, but now they have been retributed, just now the general has asked the captains of the battalions, lieutenants and others to ask clearly, the soldiers have a total of 3,248 grains and salaries have been deducted, the general promises, within three days to give everyone a full repayment, if the general does not promise after three days, anyone present can supervise, then the general will not have the face to stay here, he will roll up and leave! If the general fulfills his promise and you receive the full amount of food, then the rules set by the general must be implemented, the intensity and quantity of the prescribed drills must be completed, and the military orders must be unconditionally obeyed and enforced. ”

"Good!"

"Good!"

"Good!"

The soldiers stomped on the ground with their weapons and kept getting up and shouting, and the whole school field was jubilant.