Jiapingguan Chronicle

Chapter 75 Secret Letter

After agreeing on a major event, the four people who had overworked their brains were a little depressed. After saying good night to each other, the two joined hands and walked towards the two opposite tents.

After carrying the sleeping red leaves into the tent, Ying Qi and Mei Lin had already cleaned the other two tents, replaced them with new bedding, prepared a charcoal basin, and hot water for washing their faces and soaking their feet.

Seeing Shen Haolin and Shen Cha walking in hand in hand, Mei Lin bowed to them and retreated from the tent.

After washing their face and soaking their feet, they relieved the fatigue of the day. The two of them, who had been tired for a whole day, lay on a small couch. Both fell asleep.

There was no accident that night, and it passed smoothly.At the fifth watch, the military gong suddenly sounded, and in an instant, the silent military camp became extremely lively.

Shen Haolin and Shen Cha got up before the sound of the gong. After washing up, they asked Ying Qi and Mei Lin to get the armor. After putting it on, they left the tent and walked towards the marshal's tent.

At the gate of the big tent, the battalion chiefs, deputy generals and their personal guards had all arrived. After seeing the marshal, they all saluted and said hello.

Shen Haolin waved his hand to signal everyone not to be too polite, and led the generals towards the school grounds.

In the school grounds, all the soldiers of the army, including dozens of miscellaneous servants in the army, were already waiting in line. There were some well-informed people among them who more or less knew what happened last night.

"Old Zhang, don't you have a fellow countryman in the Chinese army? Why did the marshal rush to recruit all the generals last night? Hearing that they were discussing something, he came back and ordered us to gather at the school ground this morning. Looking at this posture, not only Our Pioneer Battalion is related to the entire Shen Family Army. What happened, can you tell our brothers first?"

"My fellow countryman happened to be in charge of patrolling outside the commander's tent last night. There was a lot of movement inside, whipping and beating people. It was more lively than singing." The captain surnamed Zhang, who was named, said in a low voice. "Actually, it's not a major military incident. You know the helpers in the dining room, right? They got together to drink too much, left their posts without permission, and were caught by the marshal. There was also a brave man who ran into the rear army while drunk. Lieutenant General Song of the Tiger Wolf Battalion."

"This is fatal. Who is Deputy General Song? He dared to run into him. Did he feel that the thing on his neck was too cumbersome and wanted to take it off?"

"Isn't it? If you kill yourself, others can't stop you. Look at that..." Zhang Xiaowei motioned everyone to look at the newly erected high platform, "The executioners have appeared in the army, you say those few Can you still get the goods? My fellow countryman said that the Marshal is determined to rectify the military discipline, so the execution must be carried out in front of the whole army. Today the scum in the army will be executed, and tomorrow the enemy will be executed in front of the whole city. Marshal As expected of the marshal, this move is really brilliant!"

"So, he is a marshal, and we can only be soldiers! But let me say that most of these rough envoys are very good."

"One mouse dropping spoiled a pot of good soup, no matter how good it was, it didn't crawl out of the dead with us, and we didn't have the same heart."

"That's right, the rule of banning alcohol in the military is not only for us, they also have to abide by it. If you break the rules in the military and offend the big shots you can't afford to mess with, they deserve their bad luck. Such scum can't sympathize .”

"Keep your voice down. I heard that those scumbags also have a lot of fellow villagers who are doing well. They heard about it, and they will come back to trouble you."

This kind of conversation happened in many queues of the entire Shen family army, and the content was almost the same. Soon, all the soldiers knew what happened, and why they had to gather here all morning.

Surrounded by all the generals, Shen Haolin came to the school field and boarded the commander's platform. He looked at all the soldiers under the stage and nodded towards Xue Ruitian.

Speaking in front of the whole army, encouraging people's hearts, etc., was basically done by Xue Ruitian. This guy was very talented in language, and he was able to speak about ordinary things in a particularly vivid and attractive way.Moreover, this guy's voice is extremely high, and with internal strength, the voice can be heard several miles away. In this respect, neither Shen Haolin nor Shen Cha can compare.

Seeing that the shadows had put the seven people headed by the surname Lu on the high platform, Xue Ruitian pointed at them, explained their crimes one by one, and announced the punishment opinions discussed by the marshal and the generals one by one.

"Now, does anyone want to complain for them? Does anyone think this punishment is unfair to them? If so, please stand up."

Xue Ruitian looked at the audience and waited for a while, but no one stood up.

"Support the decision of the Marshal! Support the decision of the Deputy Marshal! Support the decision of the generals!" Some senior and senior generals shouted loudly. The scum of the people should be severely punished! The soldiers fought bloody battles in front of the battlefield, desperately fighting against Liao and Jin, and they enjoy themselves in the rear, they are even more abominable than those local officials and Beijing officials who have committed corruption! "

"Well said! We all agree with the decision of the Marshal, the Deputy Marshal and the generals! These people are in the same city and the same battalion as us. It's an accident, it should be killed!"

"Should kill!"

In fact, there were soldiers who wanted to intercede for those seven people. They couldn't just watch their fellow countrymen die, but listening to the discussions of these comrades around them, scenes of every battle suddenly appeared in front of them.Watching them fight to the death with the enemy on the battlefield, watching their partners and brothers who joined the army on the same day, slept in the same tent with me, patrolled with me, and died in front of me, and watched everyone support each other after each battle Walking down the hell-like battlefield piled up with corpses, and then thinking about the actions of those people on the high platform, a surge of hatred surged into my heart, and I suddenly lost my desire to plead for them, wishing that these people would disappear immediately. in front of myself.

Shen Cha stood behind Shen Haolin, paying close attention to the reactions of these soldiers in the school grounds. She was only in charge of the part closer to the commanding platform, and those in the distance were watched by the shadows and the eyeliners buried in the army. Seeing the subtle changes on the faces of these people, especially the fellow villagers of those people on the high platform, she knew in her heart that the selfish revenge they were worried about before would probably not happen.

Shen Cha gestured towards the shadows on the high platform, and the beheading of the handyman surnamed Lu began amidst the anger of the crowd.

Seeing the handyman surnamed Lu subduing the law, all the soldiers cheered in unison. This is probably a common enemy. For those who are not with them, they can't treat these people as brothers. Now these people will drink because of jealousy. As for leaving their posts without permission, if they are not severely punished, they may betray their fellow villagers, brothers, and even the entire Guancheng and the entire Shen family army to the enemy for a small profit in the future.

If that time comes, it will really be a catastrophe, and they will be the ones who will die.

The beheading of the handyman surnamed Lu was over, and the shadows quickly cleaned up the high platform, and dragged the other six people to the front. They would suffer a full fifty army sticks.It's just that these people lacked practice in daily life, and their bodies were not particularly strong. They were already dying after finishing thirty sticks.

"The dead are the most important. Let's bury them outside the city, far away from the graves of the dead soldiers, so as not to offend those loyal and good men who died for the country."

"Yes, Marshal!"

"Morning exercises continue, let's go!"

Shen Haolin turned around and left with the people, leaving behind the brothers from the Qiu family who were in charge of today's morning exercises.

As soon as he reached the gate of the handsome tent, Ying Shiba hurriedly chased him up from behind.

"Boss, this subordinate has something important to report!"

Shen Cha nodded towards Shen Haolin and Xue Ruitian, and walked to a secluded place with Ying Shiba.

"What happened?"

"There are secret letters from Liao, Jin, Tubo, and Huihe." Ying Shiba looked around and said in a low voice, "The four countries will send envoys to pay tribute to Xijing, Liao and Jin will come to our Jiaping Pass City, and Tubo will follow Huihe Hanyuguan."

"Last night, we were still discussing when they would send a mission to visit, and today we received news about it." Shen Cha nodded, "It's time to calculate the time, but what's so strange about it? Isn't it every year? so?"

"This year is very different." Ying Shiba took a deep breath, "Master Min said in the letter that Wan Yanxi has infiltrated the Liao Kingdom Mission and is going to Xijing."

(End of this chapter)