golden scales

"I am the Colonel and Inspector of the Fifth Army Metropolitan Procuratorate, Pei Xuan." An officer with a beard and eyebrows slanted into his temples sat behind the official desk in the middle of the tent, his voice deep as thunder, full of vigor.

Under the desk, sat a thin and dark man.Despite his plain appearance, he was actually a colonel with three silver crosses on his shoulders.

Pei Xuan patted the gavel and shouted sharply: "The officers in the hall report their names, ranks, and positions!"

"My officer, Mao Shi, is the officer of the First Battalion of the Second Guards Division, with the rank of colonel." Mao Shi glared at Pei Xuan, and said weakly.

"Sit upright!" Pei Xuan shouted violently.He couldn't get used to this kind of sloppy officer, and was even more surprised that he was awarded the rank of colonel for his hard work, which was really unusual in the Eastern Palace Army, which paid attention to discipline and military appearance.

Mao Shi glanced at the flying fish suit on Pei Xuan's body, then lazily sat up straight, and put his hands on his lap as required by his military appearance.

Pei Xuan didn't get angry and pretended to be arrogant, and shouted: "Who ordered the killing of prisoners in the battle of Tucheng on the fourth day of December in the 18th year of Chongzhen!"

"It's me." Mao adaptively replied.

"Did the prisoners riot at that time?"

"There was no riot."

"Is there any insult to the national system?"

"I can't understand what they're shouting."

"Then you think they are insulting the state system?"

"I can't say anything good anyway."

Pei Xuan stared at Mao Shi, wrote two words on the paper with a pencil, and drew a circle.The scribe sitting at the bottom was writing vigorously on the paper, and finally caught up with the progress, and then stopped writing.

"Since the prisoners did not riot, and you are not sure whether they are insulting the state system, why did you give the order to kill the prisoners!" Pei Xuan shouted.

"They may riot." Mao Shi said.

Pei Xuan took out a copy from a stack of papers.Take a heavy shot: "Records of the military judge accompanying the army: On the fourth day of December, at 27:21, the enemy was approached; at [-]:[-], the battle ended; at [-]:[-], the prisoners were ordered to be captured and the battlefield was cleaned. At [-]:[-], Order to kill prisoners. This record is consistent with the original record of the military order, so what else can you say!"

"I don't deny it." Mao Shi glanced at Pei Xuan and turned his head away.

"From ordering the arrest of the prisoners to your order to kill the prisoners for fear of riots, the period was a full hour, five and 10 minutes. It was nearly an hour! During this hour, didn't you disarm the prisoners and detain them in separate camps!" Pei Xuan breathed a sigh of relief He shouted: "If you act according to the code of conduct, how can the captives riot!"

Mao Shi grinned and said: "I followed the instructions, but later found that these people are very powerful. I am worried that after the effect of the medicine wears off, I will not be able to subdue them."

"What effect!" Pei Xuan shouted.

"I only have the right to read the five-star secrets sent by the Military Intelligence Department of the General Staff. If there is even the slightest leak, I will be fired." Mao Shi smiled and said, "You may find out by asking the General Staff."

Pei Xuan sneered: "I don't need to know. So, you are just worried about the captives rioting and killing them?"

"Yes." Mao Shi said, "according to the code of conduct. In order to ensure the safety of our army, civilians who plan to commit crimes can be killed, let alone captive soldiers."

Pei Xuan sneered again.He asked again: "Someone confessed that Cao Ning, chief of staff of the division, whispered to you after twenty o'clock on the fourth day of the lunar new year. What did you say?"

"It's nothing more than celebrating my victory in this battle." Mao Shi said.

"He didn't let you kill the prisoners?"

Mao Shi straightened his body: "I ordered the killing of the prisoners because I discovered that the prisoners might riot. It has nothing to do with anyone else. Our battalion staff did not participate in it, let alone reported it to the division headquarters."

"Why didn't you report it to the division?" Pei Xuanshun asked.

"Time is running out, I'm afraid it's too late for the medicine to wear off." Mao Shi said.

Pei Xuan stopped.This is the second time that Mao Shi mentioned the issue of "drug efficacy", but this issue again involves the secrets of the General Staff's Military Intelligence Department.He thought about it and decided to avoid this "shield".

"The division doesn't know that you killed the prisoners?" Pei Xuan asked.

"I haven't reported it. I don't know if the military judge has said so." Mao Shi said it tightly.

"How did you deal with the corpse?" Pei Xuan asked.

"I'm only responsible for ordering the cleanup of the battlefield. As for who will do it, how to do it, and where the sweeping will go, I don't care about it." Mao Shi said.

"Hmph, if it wasn't for your order, how could those heads appear in Beijing!"

"Probably some god couldn't see it, so he used magic to transport it." Mao Shi laughed.

Pei Xuan patted the gavel: "Bold!"

"Hey, I said you are also carrying the military rank, why do you want to stand up for those Donghu?" Mao Shi used offense as defense.

"I only know one truth: military law must never be violated!"

Pei Xuan's character of accepting death made him very uncomfortable in the officialdom.

Wu Changchun knew that he was relegated all the way from Tuiguan in Shuntian Mansion to Wucheng Bingmasi.Later, Wu Changchun took charge of the military judge, so he naturally thought of this ruthless and as bad as himself as himself.

Pei Xuan was at the bottom of his life at that time, and felt that he was out of tune with the whole world. Hearing that the crown prince was very strict with rules and regulations, he was ignorant of others. A group of military judges.

After the establishment of the Five Armies Metropolitan Procuratorate and the Five Armies Dali Temple, Pei Xuan naturally became the first Inspector of the Five Armies Metropolitan Procuratorate with his iron face.

Based on Pei Xuan's life experience, he has no habit of favoring generals.He will not seek justice for the alien race, but if anyone dares to violate the military order, then don't even think about getting away with him!

In the case of Mao Shi's killing of prisoners, the military judge of the first battalion first filed a pre-filed case with the Military Judicial Inspectorate of the Second Division, believing that the case was suspected of killing prisoners of war without permission.The Inspector General agreed to file a case, and a panel of military judges was formed to investigate.The investigation work stalled for a while, because Mao Shi insisted that the prisoners were very likely to riot.If that is the case, the killing of prisoners is in compliance with the Code of Practice.

However, more than ten days later, the military judge inadvertently learned about the Beijing Jingguan incident.It happened that the number of prisoners in the Battle of Tucheng was about [-], so the military judge had an association: whether the heads of the batch in Beijing were the heads of the prisoners of the Battle of Tucheng.

The East Palace does not require the head to count meritorious service, but it does not mean that the corpses of the enemy soldiers can be buried hastily.Due to the needs of war history data and sanitation and epidemic prevention, when conditions permit, every enemy corpse has a counted paint mark, and it is only incinerated after a three-level inspection.Only the corpses of enemy soldiers during the battle can be burned on the spot, but the data should be preserved as much as possible.

Furthermore, what is the concept of five thousand heads?

The folks say that a head weighs eight and a half catties, so let's calculate it, five thousand heads would cost forty-two thousand five hundred catties.If it is transported with a Taiping truck with a load of 85 catties, 340 carts will be used.Each cart uses four pack horses, which is [-] horses.

Even in the Wanli and Longqing eras, it was an extremely sensational event for nearly a hundred vehicles to drive on the official road, not to mention the troubled times that are now being fought.

The so-called Tucheng is the sub-city built from Tianjin City to the port. From here to the Fengtai area of ​​the Qing army, the official road is [-] miles away, and the folk dirt road can be closer, but it is also [-] miles away.With such a huge transportation volume, the captives were cut off on the fourth day of the first day, and the stacking was completed on the evening of the [-]th day, with only ten days in between for transportation.

Today, when the transportation capacity is insufficient, the use of each horse is recorded in the register. Where can I find so many draft horses?

The most important thing is to pass through the defense line of the Qing army. Are the sentry horses and ambush along the way all blind?

Could it be that there are gods to help?

Pei Xuan is a person who doesn't believe in gods and Buddhas, so when he thinks about it carefully at this time, he feels full of weirdness.

—Why should I think about those things!The point of this case is to commit suicide without authorization!

Pei Xuan straightened his body, and began to ask Mao Shi from a different angle.He didn't believe that a colonel battalion officer was capable of making such a big deal, and after Cao Ning's sudden appearance, Mao Shi ordered the killing of the prisoners.Among them, if it is said that the Second Division Division really doesn't know, no fool will believe it!He is now going to arrest Xiao Donglou and Cao Ning. These two have failed the crown prince's trust and trampled on the dignity of military law. This crime cannot be forgiven!

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"Your Highness, these are the military orders of the last general." Xiao Donglou and Cao Ning stood upright in front of Zhu Cihong, their eyes were level, and the fire reflected in their eyes.

Zhu Cihong arrived in Tianjin on the evening of the 22nd. He had just finished dinner and immediately summoned Xiao Donglou and Cao Ning.He heard the miracle of "Beijing View" on the road, but he didn't quite believe it.Either Donglu was exaggerating, or the spies on his side believed the rumors credulously.

How can it be so easy to transport five thousand heads for two to three hundred miles?Not to mention crossing the line of fire.If this happened, then you should doubt yourself: whether this life is a documentary biography or a fantasy novel.

"You mean killing prisoners?" Zhu Cihong was not at all surprised: even if Mao Shi committed suicide on his own initiative, with Xiao Donglou's heroic character, he would definitely jump out and take the blame for him.

"Killing captives, Jing Guan, are the secret orders of the last general." Xiao Donglou said.

"Jingguan? Jingguan with five thousand heads?" There was a smile in Zhu Cihong's voice: "If you say it's a trick, I can still believe it."

Xiao Donglou touched his one eye and the scar, and said with a smile: "Yes, I can't hide it from His Highness Fayan. In fact, it is basically fake."

Zhu Cihong raised his eyebrows and looked at Cao Ning: "Is it the military adviser's idea?"

Cao Ning quickly apologized and said with a smile: "Actually, it is true and false. Your Highness, there are some stories here, and we have to start with the Battle of Tucheng. And some details may be slightly different from the report submitted. Please tell me Your Highness forgive me."

"If it's just 'a little discrepancy', I can still think about it." Zhu Cihong pointed casually: "Sit down."

Xiao Donglou said "obedience" and sat down.Cao Ning was still standing, and reported: "Your Highness, this battle is a joint battle between our division, Jinyiwei, and the Special Investigation Battalion. In order to keep it secret, the tactical plan is not written down, and does not exist in any files."

According to the report, the Battle of Tucheng was an ordinary night raid.Donglu suddenly attacked Tucheng with [-] elite soldiers, once broke through the city, and was finally surrounded and wiped out by the brave officers and soldiers of the First Battalion of the Second Division.

It turns out there is no story in it!

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