242, nothing to look for
After two days of selection, many soldiers were selected from more than 100,000 people to become soldiers of the Snow Shame Army. There were 40,000 of them, but many wanted to join the army to get revenge. However, Zhang Shigui definitely didn't accept any more, because 40,000 people was the limit given by the emperor, and if it was exceeded, he would probably be suspicious of the emperor. Expanding the army without authorization is something that every dynasty will be suspicious of, and even in the era of democracy, it is impossible to allow. Therefore, Zhang Shigui only asked for 40,000 people, not too much.
"Go and call out the men who were driving the soldiers who were driving my right guard out at that time!" Zhang Shigui said.
Soon, the soldier who was clashing with Lu Ning at that time was called out, and then pulled in front of Zhang Shigui. And Zhang Shigui looked at them coldly, as if he was very dissatisfied.
"Are you the ones who clashed with Lu Ning at that time?" Zhang Shigui asked.
Jiang Xiong, who was selected, said cautiously: "General, isn't it that the emperor doesn't pursue it?" ”
"Hmph, if you dare to disobey Shangguan, then you must be punished! Come on, pull this guy down, fifty sticks! Zhang Shigui said angrily.
Soon, Jiang Xiong was dragged down and beaten with fifty military sticks. Next, Zhang Shigui called a few people again, and they were all beaten with fifty military sticks. As for the reason, it was because they had participated in the conflict with Lu Ning last time, so they were beaten with a military stick by Zhang Shigui in the name of disrespecting the commander. And this situation also made everyone panic, because Lu Ning was actually insulting them, but now they were actually punished. Zhang Shigui stimulated their scars again, so they became very angry.
"General Zhang, you can't go on like this, if you go on like this, I'm afraid the soldiers will rebel. They are already very fragile in their hearts, and if you continue to be so stimulated, I'm afraid they won't be able to stand it at all! Jing Wen persuaded him.
But Zhang Shigui said: "This general leads the troops, and if you have the idea of a general, do you still need guidance from you, a civilian official?" ”
Zhang Shigui especially added an accent to the word civil official. Obviously, he despised Jingwen very much. If it were an ordinary civil official, then Zhang Shigui would not be so contemptuous, but Jingwen was born as a courtier, so Zhang Shigui, a military general who fought on the battlefield, looked down on him very much. Therefore, Zhang Shigui would not listen to Jingwen's words at all, so Jingwen's words did not have any effect.
"But ......" Jingwen wanted to say something.
"There's nothing to do, since I'm a general here, I have to listen to me. You and that Liu Renliang just do a good job of auxiliary work, and you don't need to say anything. Zhang Shigui said.
And Jingwen and Liu Renliang left, and Jingwen first said: "Zhang Shigui did this." I'm afraid something will go wrong sooner or later! ”
"Yes! Those soldiers were already very vulnerable, but Zhang Shigui not only did not soothe, but poured salt on their wounds. Now I don't listen to persuasion, and I am afraid that something will go wrong if I am so stubborn and self-serving. And although these soldiers seem to be very obedient, the more they tolerate now, the more powerful the outbreak will be. Liu Renliang said.
This is also the principle of the spring, the tighter the pressure, the more powerful the rebound will be. Now Zhang Shigui not only does not adopt the strategy of appeasement. Instead, help the one who insulted them to take revenge. Zhang Shigui's current behavior is obvious, that is, to help Na Luning take revenge. Lu Ning is the Zhichong Mansion of the Right Guard, so Zhang Shigui used to be the general of the Right Guard, so he naturally thought about Lu Ning. That is, his old subordinates have taken revenge. Twelve of the sixteen guards of the Tang Dynasty were those who led the world to the Zhichong Mansion, and those Zhichong Mansions were nominally subordinates of these generals. And Lu Ning is in charge of the Zhichong Mansion of the Right Tunwei, which is Zhang Shigui's subordinate. Zhang Shigui now wants to avenge his subordinates, which is naturally within his purview.
Now Zhang Shigui is the general of the Snow Shame Army. Then if he wants to beat the baton of the people in his own army, it is also within the scope of his authority. Therefore, now Jingwen is not qualified to interfere with them. Because the military and government of the Tang Dynasty were actually very separate, they could not interfere with each other, and this was a matter of checks and balances in the Tang Dynasty.
"Smack!" "You sluts, you deserve to be killed! At the beginning, we were Captain Lu Ning's subordinates, and Captain Lu Ning was very good to us, but you actually beat him to death, and now I want to avenge Captain Lu Ning! ”
A soldier brought by Zhang Shigui said angrily, obviously he was very angry with these soldiers. They are all soldiers of the right guard, and now that they are here, they naturally want to avenge their old boss.
"You bastards, you deserve to die. Why don't you die and become slaves of the Turks, it's a shame for us! "Smack!"
The junior officer was still whipping, apparently relieving his boredom by whipping a soldier.
And those soldiers dared not speak out, obviously very angry at these officers.
"Boom!" The officer punched again.
"Poof-" The soldier spat out a burst of blood and died.
"Ahh He's dead? The grassroots team was surprised.
If it's just insulting a soldier, or whipping a soldier, there's nothing wrong with that. But if someone is killed, then the problem is big. Dead and undead, this matter is a two-level thing, but once a dead person is dead, it has risen to another level.
This news soon spread throughout Pingyu County, and even Liu Renliang and Jingwen knew about it.
"General Zhang Shigui, what's the matter with you, you actually killed someone? What are you going to do with it? Jingwen asked.
"Isn't it just killing a scumbag? What's there? He doesn't respect his superiors, so he counts me as enforcing military law, what is it? Zhang Shigui said casually.
Jingwen understood that this Zhang Shigui wanted to shield the team that killed the man, so he spoke like this now. And Jingwen was very angry, this Zhang Shigui was obviously discriminating against these soldiers, because they were all slaves from the Turks, so Zhang Shigui didn't take these soldiers seriously. On the contrary, they think that these soldiers are all lowly people who are guilty of meritorious service, so it is nothing to kill one or two. But Jingwen is very angry about this situation, because this is completely murder! Can the sin of murder be covered up in this way?
"General Zhang, I'm afraid that if this continues, the soldiers will mutiny!" Jingwen said.
"Huh, mutiny? They dare! My Datang gave them a meritorious service, they are not sincere, they want to mutiny, that is a dead end! Zhang Shigui said.
Zhang Shigui still did not accept Jingwen's advice, but still insisted on going his own way, and Jingwen was not optimistic about this Zhang Shigui. (To be continued......)