Gentlemen, listen to the sword chant

Chapter 54 Rectification of Military Discipline

Little Chiba Kendo Hall.

Tanaka Hitoshi, who had a mouse whisker and a pale complexion, knelt on the ground and shivered, not daring to breathe.He is conceited, he thinks that he is a rigorous person, and he does not stick to small details, but he doesn't want to stumble hard the day before yesterday, and now he is restless.How did he know that this group of damned bandits were so courageous, they dared to act in disregard of morality, and now he was terrified, because of his negligence, more than 800 compatriots were captured by bandits.Now Tian Zhongzhong was annoyed, secretly cursing why he was so unlucky, even though the previous few evacuations went smoothly, why did this happen when it was his turn?

Uesugi had his hands behind his back, with a gloomy face, sometimes he looked at the sky, and sometimes he looked at the three characters "Little Chiba" written in running script in ink behind him, silent.

But the more this kind of atmosphere, Tian Zhongxin became more and more uneasy.

"Pavilion Master, Tanaka is willing to apologize with death. (Dongying language, the same below)"

Uesugi still didn't speak.

The next moment, there was a sound of "咻", the light of the knife flashed, and one of the row of long knives displayed in the corner was unsheathed and flew into Shang Shanqi's hand.

"War is coming."

"Now the military government is employing people."

"Save your life, it's still useful, you'd better think about how to make meritorious deeds."

"This time, let's refer to the leader first."

After finishing speaking, a cold light flashed.

Tanaka only felt a chill in his thumb, followed by a heart-rending pain that spread to his heart. When he lowered his head, he found that his left hand was bloody and his thumb fell to the ground. He didn't dare to make a sound or speak.

"Yes, thank you, brother."

Uesugi waved his hand, Tanaka left, the hall returned to deserted, Uesugi pondered for a while, took out his pen and ink, and wrote a secret letter, and as soon as he blew the whistle, a big goose flew over and landed on his left shoulder.

"Go."

……

Chen Ci listened to Murong Tong's suggestion and wrote a book order. As his son-in-law, Chen Ci drafted a notice to recruit heroes and summon all heroes from all over the world to go to Guangling to help the community.

In fact, he didn't have any hope. After all, it was the influence of his father who was far away in the capital. The exact number is still unknown, but it's always good to try.

On this day, Chen Ci went to Wu Wangfu to visit Wu Wang.

King Wu seems to be 20 years old, with gray temples, he no longer looks like last year.The Murong family is an aristocratic prince who has dominated the Southern Wu area for 400 years. 400 years ago, the ancestors of King Wu followed Ji Wuya to conquer the world. Later, Ji Wuya unified the fourteen states and established the Great Liang Empire. The Wunan area was awarded to the ancestors of Wu Wang, which has continued to this day.It can be said that the Wunan area is the unique foundation of the Murong family.

The naked officials of those clans came and left naked, without any attachments, and when a war broke out, they left as they wanted and transferred their assets, but King Wu couldn't, because his roots were here, so he couldn't leave.King Wu is gone, after a hundred years, what kind of face will he have to meet his ancestors?

"Nephew, sit down."

"King Wu."

Seeing King Wu's haggard face, Chen Ci sighed. He knew the predicament King Wu was facing.

A maid served tea.

"King Wu, I'm here this time to explain my thoughts and opinions..."

"Nephew, but it doesn't matter."

Chen Ci nodded, organized his wording, and said: "King Wu, the so-called 'to fight against the outside world, we must first settle the inside'. If the interior is not peaceful, how can the world be peaceful? Now that the people of Dongying are staring at each other, wars can break out at any time. Naked officials like Wu Nan are not born. Bringing death but not taking it away, but now they think about running away. In my opinion, it is better to act vigorously. Those who should be ransacked, those who should be executed, and those who should be dismissed. In front of the enemy, we should be a united front and do our best for the war. Prepare."

King Wu smiled bitterly. He understood the truth, but the situation in Wu Nan was not as simple as imagined.

After so many years of development, the clan has far-reaching influence in the army, which is not so superficial.

"Nephew, you are new here and don't understand, alas, it's my fault after all." King Wu didn't specify whether to accept the suggestion of the statement.

Chen Ci stared at him with burning eyes.

First, after many years of development, the power of the clan should not be underestimated and is deeply rooted. Many clans have their children serving in the army, and there are even huge ones. The young disciples of a family are all in the army. Standing vertically, it is enough to easily lift the King of Wu.

This is also the reason why King Wu was able to watch these clans transfer their family property but was powerless.

Even if this is the case for Guangling, what about the other cities and counties?The phenomenon of a large amount of empty pay is due to the fact that the clan is too powerful and overwhelms the sky with one hand in the army.

He understands all the truths and statements, and so does the King of Wu.

But can you just watch these clans run away like this?

"King Wu, if you are soft, they will treat you as a softie. What time is it now, and you are still so humble. If this continues, if war breaks out, Wu Yue will definitely lose."

King Wu was dejected: "According to my nephew, what should I do."

Chen Ci picked up his teacup, smiled without saying a word.

King Wu thought thoughtfully, "I understand."

Although the army is run by a large number of clan children, King Wu also has many cronies, such as Yu Changling and Sun Liang, both of whom are cronies supported by King Wu.Yu Changling is the governor of the Guangling Army and the general of Wu Nanshang; Sun Liang is the governor of the Jinling Army and the general of Wu Nanzuo.Looking at the many armies and generals in the Wunan area, anyone may rebel, and anyone may have selfish motives to surround Yu Changling and Sun Liang. These two are absolutely loyal and loyal.

"The last general pays homage to the King of Wu." Yu Changling came. He was wearing a black and red battle armor. He was nine feet tall and burly. At this moment, he knelt on one knee and clasped his fists with both hands. It was hard to underestimate him.

King Wu smiled heartily and went up to help him.

Yu Changling was flattered.

"General, please."

Yu Changling didn't understand King Wu's change until after he was seated, he saw Chen Ci and Fan Chu, and silently clasped his fists as a greeting.

Next, King Wu went straight to the point. He talked about the situation among the generals and King Wu’s fears. Yu Changling listened silently until after King Wu finished speaking. He knew King Wu’s intentions and said sonorously, “Listen to all the generals.” Your Majesty orders."

King Wu was satisfied in his heart, thinking that it would be worthwhile for me to hold you hand in hand.

Yu Changling is an unselfish person. He climbed from the bottom to his current position step by step with his military achievements, and he has strict requirements on his subordinates.The so-called feathers of a feather flock together, Yu Changling is a resolute and patriotic man, and his generals are all men made of iron.Next, under the observation of the statement, Wu Wang and Yu Changling reached a conspiracy.

night.

In the Guangling Legion, the admirals with military ranks above the banner all received invitations to come to the Wu Palace for a banquet.

The entire Guangling Legion, plus the city patrolling army, has a total of about 53 banners, and there are more than 100 chief and deputy admirals.Among them, more than half are from clans and have influence in the army.

The king of Wu wanted to drink wine to release his military power.

King Wu held a banquet and invited the generals of the legion. This was the first time that many generals looked at each other in blank dismay, wondering about King Wu's intentions. After all, this is a special period, and the so-called no one can go to the Three Treasures Hall. King Wu summoned them at this juncture. There must be some purpose.

His Royal Highness Murong Tong personally toasted.

The huge hall is brightly lit, the cups of wine are intertwined, and the aroma of wine is tangy.

Yu Changling took the lead, with his arms bare, having a drink with a group of generals, chatting about his glorious deeds when he enlisted in the army and fought against the rebels in Jingzhou.

late at night.

Everyone is slightly drunk.

King Wu and Chen Ci met eyes, cleared their throats, and said, "Now the Dongying people are ambitious and incite the flames of war. The war will start at any time. What should we do?"

Some generals frowned when they heard this, and knew in their hearts that this gathering was organized by King Wu to unite people's hearts. Don't think about it, King Wu will definitely say something next to make everyone twist into ropes.Sure enough, countless generals shouted: "Expel the Japanese pirates and defend the rivers and mountains."

King Wu nodded, and said solemnly: "That's right, if the war starts, people, regardless of age, land, regardless of north and south, should have the responsibility to defend the land and resist the war."

Yu Changling said: "Your Majesty, we will do our best to fight the war with our lives while we eat the salary of the King of Wu."

With Yu Changling in the lead, a group of generals shouted: "Swear to defend the land to the death, protect the family and the country."

Seeing emotions run high.

King Wu sneered, glanced at the crowd, and said quietly: "But, at this juncture, what should we do if someone escapes?"

After speaking, the scene that was still excited just now turned cold, and someone's face turned cold, and they secretly said that it was not good.

"Nowadays, foreign enemies are threatening, and some people want to run away before the battle starts. What is this called? Be timid before fighting, hum. Some of us, so much real money flows into their mansions a year, that is The common people have worked so hard all year round, and the taxes squeezed out of their teeth, at critical moments, these people don’t think about making progress, don’t think about how to defend against the enemy, but think about how to escape, what is this?” King Wu’s face was expressionless, his eyes Wherever he passed, many people did not dare to look at him, lowered their heads, and were very ashamed.

Yu Changling took out a saber inlaid with a big ruby, put it on the table, and said loudly, "King Wu, who do you say? If any of the soldiers I lead dares to flee, I will definitely cut his skin."

But King Wu didn't point it out, and still said quietly: "Now the enemy is in front, I don't want the enemy to see a joke, who I'm talking about, who knows in his heart. If there is still human relations, stand up by yourself, dismiss the military post, and want to escape. , just run away, if you stay, don’t blame me for being rude if you dare to do any tricks in private.”

No one stood up.

No one spoke.

King Wu pretended to show a very satisfied smile, and said: "Well, it is true that I am worthy of Wu Nan's good men, and they are all good."

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief, and the general who had a fluke mentality sneered, thinking that it was nothing more than that, but what King Wu said next silenced everyone.

"The situation is critical now. I have deliberately borrowed a lot of gold from the Ministry of Household Affairs, but it is still difficult to make up for the shortfall in military expenditure. Now that the enemy is at hand, the war will start at any time, and there is no delay in recruiting troops. Let me express my position first, in order to deal with the upcoming For the war, I personally donated 20 taels of gold as military expenses, everyone, since you are willing to stick to Wu Nan, please express your opinion."

Yu Changling took the lead and said loudly: "The final general is willing to donate all the gold, silver and food in the mansion."

Someone cursed secretly.

But most people started donating.

After all, there are quite a few people who really want to defend Wu Nan's homeland.

Only a small part really want to run.

King Wu saw that everyone had expressed his opinion, nodded slightly, his expression changed slightly, and said: "General Qian Meng, if I remember correctly, your brother opened a fish market in Guangling and made a lot of money. Donate 500 taels of silver?"

The general named Qian Meng hastily kowtowed and knelt down, fearful and fearful: "Your Majesty, the general's annual salary is only 440 taels..."

"Hmph." King Wu squinted at him, "Your brother has made a lot of money by relying on your position. I just saw a few days ago that your brother's family transported silver and copper coins to the bank of the Zhongzhou Chamber of Commerce. There are several donkey carts..."

Qian Meng's face changed slightly.

"Since that's the case, then you can go too, take off your armor and return to the fields."

Qian Meng wanted to speak, but he gritted his teeth. In the end, he didn't say anything. He put the sword symbolizing his military rank on the table and walked out silently.

Chen Ci gave Fan Chu a wink, and Fan Chu nodded.

He had already ordered ten subordinates to lie in ambush outside the palace, to go out and kill one, these naked officials could not stay.

Next, the King of Wu successively dismissed more than twenty banner owners from their military positions and asked them to retire and return to their hometowns. Without exception, these people were all killed by Chen Ci's followers.

……

That night, Guangling shook.

King Wu acted resolutely, eradicating corrupt officials, exterminating more than 20 clans overnight, and all the family property was taken back to the palace.

In the words of the statement, it is a special period and should be treated specially.

Although this move caused countless people to scold King Wu secretly, but because of this suppression, the army has changed its appearance and has taken on a new look.However, there are still many problems in Wunan's army, and we still need to move forward step by step.

(End of this chapter)