Smuggling Daming

According to the rules in the military camp, every morning, drums must be played to gather the generals, which is called the gathering of generals. After the generals arrive, the chief general will preside over the discussion of military affairs.It is also worth mentioning that this kind of jujiang drum is much stricter than the school bells in later generations. The jujiang drum will ring three times in total. If the three times are completed and there are generals who have not arrived, it will violate the military law54 One of the beheading orders is definitely a dead end.

In addition, in the event of an emergency military situation, the chief officer in the army also has the right to ring the Jujiang drum at any time, but this kind of Jujiang drum that will be sounded at any time is different from the usual practice in the early morning, because this kind of Jujiang drum is a four-way drum. , the first drum is called Rixing General Drum, as the name suggests, it reminds the generals to gather in the camp of the Chinese army, and then after a relatively long period of time, the third drum at the back will be played. After the tonggu came, it was still military law.

However, although military law is ruthless, it is a dead thing. After all, it is human beings who enforce military law, so sometimes military law may not be useful. For example, in the guards of the Ming Dynasty, after many years of peaceful life, each guard is not military law. , Even the daily jujiang drum is no longer played, and even the jujiang drum in some guards has long been rotten into a pile of wood.

In contrast, the situation here in Dinghaiwei is much better. Although the jujiang drum is not played every day, but for the sake of show, the jujiang drum is played every few days, and in order to maintain the majesty of the general, After the Santong Jujiang drum has been beaten, if someone does not arrive, although they will not be beheaded, they will also be beaten with military sticks.

Originally, after Cheng Quan left, the entire Dinghaiwei was handed over to the commander Zhong Zhen for management.Zhong Zhen is in his 50s. He is not a hardworking person. Apart from flattering Cheng Quan, he has no other skills. So after Cheng Quan left, he ate, drank and played every day, and never took care of the military camp. Sometimes, I haven’t even been to the barracks for several days, and it is even more impossible to beat the Jujiang drum.So the generals in the barracks were also very relaxed.

However, when it was almost noon that day, a low-pitched drum sounded suddenly from the Zhenhai Tower. During the whole process, the generals in the entire barracks were very strange, while guessing who was beating the drums?While speeding up his pace, he rushed towards Zhenhai Tower. After all, if he didn't arrive when the last drumbeat fell, he would be punished with a military stick.

It is precisely because of this.As long as the general Dinghaiwei heard the drums, he would rush to the Zhenhai Tower.But when they came to the conference hall, they found a young military officer who had never seen one before sitting on the main seat of the hall. Commander Wei, Zhi Qu Lie and others were all standing below respectfully, which made everyone guess the other party's identity At the same time, they were too smart to ask too many questions.Standing obediently below waiting for people to come together.

After the second drum sounded, Dinghaiwei heard that the officer had already arrived halfway.When the third drum fell, almost all the generals came, but only the commander, Zhong Zhen, did not come. It was not until the fourth drum was about to fall that the generals saw the disheveled Zhong Chen He ran in from the outside in a state of embarrassment, yelling as he ran, "Who? Who the hell dared to beat the Jujiang drum without authorization? Isn't he afraid of military law?"

"Bastard, how noisy is it in the barracks? Come on, arrest this man and beat him with the ten army stick!" Seeing this man running in from outside, Zhou Zhong who was sitting in the hall suddenly slapped the table and sternly said.

As soon as he gave an order, two Jinyi guards rushed out from the side, immediately pushed Zhong Zhen to the ground, and swung their military sticks to beat him.You must know that Jin Yiwei is a master of execution, the stick in his hand can be light or heavy, even a piece of tofu will not be broken when it is light, but it can crack bluestone when it is heavy.Just now Zhou Zhong had said that he would beat him hard, so their subordinates did not show any mercy. The one who beat Zhong Zhen with the ten army sticks was crying father and mother, screaming one after another, and the worst thing is that he has not yet Where did the young officer who knew why he was beaten and ordered him to be beaten come from?

The other generals around saw that the young general in the hall was so domineering, he hit the commander of the Weizhong as soon as he said it, and he didn't show any affection at all. This made them feel a little awe in their hearts, and looked at him at the same time Qu Lie and the others, who were full of respect in front, were even more curious about Zhou Zhong's identity. After all, they were able to drive the officers of the Jinyiwei, and their backgrounds might be astonishing!

By the time the ten army sticks were beaten, Zhong Zhen was already in pain and his face was covered with cold sweat, and the clothes on his butt were already stained with blood. Zhou Zhong asked loudly: "Who the hell are you? Why did you beat me up without authorization? Aren't you afraid that Commander Cheng will come back to settle accounts with you?"

Seeing that Zhong Zhen still didn't realize his identity after being beaten, Zhou Zhong couldn't help shaking his head secretly. It seems that what Qu Lie said was right before, this Zhong Zhen is indeed a fool, at least most of the generals in the hall should She winked better than him, otherwise she wouldn't dare to be so rude to herself after being beaten.

"Hmph, this admiral is just about to take Cheng Quan to the camp for questioning. It would be best if you could call him back, so as to save this admiral from giving the order himself!" Zhou Zhong snorted coldly. Zhen is Cheng Quan's confidant, and now that he beats him up, it is also a blow to Cheng Quan's prestige, which will help him take over Dinghaiwei.

"Admiral... Admiral!" Hearing Zhou Zhong's self-proclaimed, not only Zhong Zhen was stunned, but the other generals around him were also discussing. The Admiral of the Four Seas called Zhou Zhong took over Dinghaiwei, but they never thought that Zhou Zhong was so young, and he just came to Dinghaiwei to beat the commander's confidant Zhong Zhen.

"This... this... this subordinate sees the admiral, but the subordinate did not make a mistake. I wonder why the admiral blamed the subordinate?" After Zhong Zhen woke up from the shock, he quickly asked a little unconvinced road.He knew that the governor had conflicts with this Zhou Zhong, and he called Cheng Quan to Hangzhou this time just to make things difficult for Zhou Zhong. I am also very dissatisfied with my own affairs.

"Hmph, you still don't know why the admiral is scolding you?" Zhou Zhong snorted again when he heard this, "The barracks meeting hall is a serious place, and no one is allowed to make loud noises. As a guard What happened, not only was the last one to arrive, but he even yelled loudly that this admiral has only given ten blows with the cane, which is already an extrajudicial mercy!"

Hearing Zhou Zhong's words, Zhong Zhen was still a little unconvinced, and was about to refute a few words, but at this moment, he heard Zhou Zhong continue: "Besides, you are not only making noise in the hall, but as a military officer, you run away with disheveled clothes. Coming to discuss matters is simply ignoring the military law, come here, give me another twenty blows!"

As soon as Zhou Zhong's words fell, Jin Yiwei on both sides agreed again, kicked Zhong Zhen who had climbed up from the upper body down again, and picked up his stick to beat him again.In the end, Zhong Zhen was in pain and anger, and finally lost his mind. He pointed at Zhou Zhong and shouted: "The admiral is using his power to suppress others, and he punishes his subordinates arbitrarily. The subordinates refuse to accept it! They refuse to accept it!"

"Roar and slander the Shangguan, add another twenty!" Zhou Zhong ordered again with a blank face. In his own hands, it would be a pity if he missed this opportunity for nothing.

Seeing Zhou Zhong, the young admiral, wanting to hit Zhong Zhen with the [-]th army stick without blinking an eye, all the generals were silent for a while. You must know that the [-]th army stick is not fun, otherwise everyone will They were beaten to death, so no matter whether they belonged to Cheng Quan's family or not, none of them dared to intercede. After all, they were not stupid. They didn't want to hit the admiral's gun like Zhong Zhen did.

However, the others did not dare to intercede, but Qu Lie standing next to him suddenly stood up and said, "Master Admiral, are there too many forty military sticks? !"

Qu Lie has always been at odds with Cheng Quan, and naturally he doesn't have a good impression of Cheng Quan's confidant Zhong Zhen. Even in the past, Zhong Zhen used Cheng Quan's power to bully Cheng Quan a lot, so the reason why Cheng Quan came forward to intercede was not for any reason. He is not sympathetic, but sincerely thinking about Zhou Zhong.

But Zhou Zhong smiled and said after hearing this: "Qu Tongzhi doesn't have to worry. Although Zhong Zhen has no military skills and is really not worthy of the post of commander, I will definitely give him a sigh of relief. If Cheng Quansan If you can come back within a few days, then hand over Zhong Zhen to him, and if Zhong Zhen can’t return to Dinghaiwei within three days, then the admiral will arrest him and deal with him together with Zhong Zhen!”

When Zhou Zhong said the last few words, his voice became stern again, and at the same time, he swept across all the generals in the hall. As a result, these people all bowed their heads in fright, and no one dared to look at Zhou Zhong.Zhou Zhong's words revealed enough information just now, the admiral actually ordered and commanded the envoy to return to the camp in three days, if the other party didn't come back, there might be a big earthquake in Dinghaiwei.

Zhou Zhong kept his word. He said he would give Zhong Zhen a sigh of relief. After the forty army sticks were beaten, he completely collapsed on the ground. Unable to speak, he could only lie there moaning and gasping for breath.This is also thanks to the fact that the executioner is the experienced Jin Yiwei. If it were replaced by someone else, I am afraid that he would really beat him to death.

After people dragged the half-dead Zhong Zhen down, Zhou Zhong re-introduced himself, and then asked the generals below to report their family names. After both parties got to know each other, Zhou Zhong asked Ding Haiwei In the end, in front of everyone, he ordered Qu Lie to temporarily take the post of commander and resume the daily drills of the sergeants. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendations and monthly tickets. Your support is my biggest motivation.)