world festival

When everyone came to the gate of the village, they saw six or seven hundred rebellious soldiers surrounded the village tightly. The two hundred soldiers of their own were all fully armored, with their knives out of their sheaths and their arrows on strings.Lu Xiong beside him sighed, "It's a good thing they put away their armor and bows, otherwise it would be so good."

"Alright, since they don't have any weapons, then you can take these 200 people out to suppress and show someone." Lu Fang was restless, and gave Lu Xiong an angry look.

Lu Xiong immediately became dumb, just joking, most of the surrendered soldiers outside had already eaten their rations when they attacked Qin Zongquan. It has been seven or eight years. There are so many wooden sticks. If you leave the wall of the village, whoever suppresses it may not be sure?

Lu Fang stepped up to the mound and shouted: "Why do you gather a crowd to make a noise and besiege the commander? Could it be that there is no military law in this battalion?".

The rebels below were furious and cursed one after another, boldly picked up stones and sticks and came up, Lu Fang couldn't dodge in time, he was hit on the head immediately, fortunately he was wearing a helmet, and immediately swelled up.Annoyed, he pushed away Wang Fo'er who was about to drag him down the wall of the village, drew his sword and pointed at the rebels and cursed loudly: "Wait, are you going to rebel? That day, General Zhu will kill all of you gangsters." , so why talk too much."

The soil base is on a high place, Lu Fang has a loud voice, the rebels who are close can hear clearly, those outside can't hear clearly, they ask each other, and they all understand, the rebels gradually calmed down, whispered one after another, for a while Then froze.After a while, a man who looked like a leader came out, bowed respectfully, and said: "It's not us who dare to commit rebellion, but the daily military food is too little, and digging ditches is too tiring. Brothers can't help it. I want an explanation."

Lu Fang's head hurt more and more, and he said angrily: "There is little food, and we are going on an expedition, and it is spring, and there is nothing to plunder, so there must be not enough food. You are also an old soldier. You should know that what you are doing now is the work of slaves. Live, when you were soldiers, did you give the servants and soldiers as much food? Besides, you also understand the rules in the army. How can there be hundreds of people gathering together to threaten the superior? Could it be that bullying someone can’t kill someone? Let’s talk about this Hundreds of people shouted loudly, but what do you understand?"

The man saw that Lu Fang's tone was getting tougher, but he softened himself: "My lord commander said, it's not that some people want to intimidate the superior, it's just that everyone is surrendering, and they are not close to the superior. For revenge, no one dares to come out alone, and it turned out like this."

Lu Fang said: "Forget it, you quickly select a few who understand, and come to a certain camp to explain the whole story, and the others leave quickly."

The rebellious soldiers below are hesitant. You look at XX and you, neither making noise as before, nor refusing to recommend someone to come out. It's just that no one dares to stand out, afraid that the adults will punish him later."

Lu Fang was annoyed and funny when he heard this, and said: "Now that I know I'm afraid, what did you do just now? It's already a capital offense for you to besiege the superior. There are tens of thousands of elite soldiers in the Huainan army camp nearby. What's the point if you slaughtered all of you?" Difficult, is it necessary to continue to play these tricks? If you are stubborn, you will be you after a few days of reading, and you can pick three people to enter the account together."

When the rebels below heard these words, they squeezed away from the man with a clatter, as if the man had a plague on him, for fear of being picked by the man and entered into the stockade.The man didn't know whether to laugh or cry, so he ordered three people who were quite prestigious in the army, and entered the stockade together.Everyone was about to disperse, but Lu Fang said: "Listen carefully, gathering crowds to make noise in this army is a serious crime, and death penalty is inevitable, but life crime is inevitable. After the people here finish their work at night, they will give someone an extra hour to work." .”

Lu Xiong was taken aback when he heard this, and complained secretly in his heart, he felt that the food was scarce, the work was too tiring, and he had to work extra overtime. dizzy.Quickly pulled out the horizontal knife to prevent the chaos below from rushing up, but all the chaos left obediently, and many of them looked relieved and relaxed.

Fan Niseng, who had walked out of the tent just now, came over and said with a smile: "The commander really knows people's hearts well, such a small punishment, the rebellious soldiers below feel at ease, and won't worry about the adults secretly murdering them and doing stupid things. .”

Lu Fang smiled and said: "That's right, when such a chaotic army is hot-headed for a long time, they will naturally dare to do anything. When they calm down, everyone will be afraid that someone will do something to them. If someone just lets it go, they will definitely suspect someone They will secretly entrap them, their current fanaticism is over, if they are punished, not only will they not be angry, but they will feel at ease because they have already been punished for breaking the military law, and they will not do stupid things again."

Hearing the words of Lu Xiong next to him, he was already full of admiration, and said with a flattering smile: "The ruler must be a star from the sky, and with a few words, he can clearly feel the intestines in the belly of those boys. Sooner or later, it will be a dish on your plate."

Wang Fo'er next to him didn't say a word for a long time, and then he said: "My lord, this method is used very well. If they are not punished for their actions, how will they punish those who violate the military law in the future? If there is no reward and no punishment, how can we punish them?" military?"

Lu Fang's eyes lit up when he heard this, "What Fo'er said is the truth. I didn't think of this before. During these days, Fo'er has made great progress!" He patted Wang Fo'er on the shoulder, and said to Chen Wu, Lu Fang Xiong and others said: "There are not many trustworthy people around me, just a few of you. The Huainan army is very dangerous. You should all know that one person is not enough to control a thousand soldiers. You have to Use your brains more, and everyone will become a rope to do great things."

Everyone was secretly happy when they heard this, and they responded in unison: "I am willing to die for the commander (in power)."

When everyone returned to the tent, they reported four representatives of the rebellious soldiers waiting outside the tent. Lu Fang turned his head and whispered to Wang Fo'er before letting the four come in.The four were tall and burly, with dark skin. They seemed to be old soldiers who had fought hard for many years. They all seemed to be terrified, and they were very respectful. It is more convenient to see which way to escape.

Lu Fang said angrily: "You don't need to look at it, there are no swordsmen waiting outside the tent."

There was a burst of laughter immediately behind Lu Fang, and finally the man blushed, but he didn't dare to look back, while the faces of the three people in front turned red, and they had to bear it hard to keep from laughing.

At this time, a guard from outside the tent brought in a basket and put it in front of the four of them. After removing the cover, there were cornmeal buns and a large pot of vegetable soup.Lu Fang pointed to the plate and smiled: "I know that food is scarce these days, and you are also panicking. I asked you to prepare more dinner next time. Let's eat and talk together."

Those four people didn't dare, they just shied away, and after a while, each of them took a bun in their hands, squatted aside, but they didn't dare to eat it, they just stared at Lu Fang to see if there was any order, Lu Xiong Wang Fo'er They are not polite, just sit down and eat.Lu Fang saw this scene, smiled wryly and said: "You were not so careful down here just now, hurry up and eat together, or wait for the army sticks to serve you."

Only then did the four of them feel relieved and began to eat. They ate slowly at first, but then they may have been hungry these days, so they stuffed big mouthfuls into their mouths. , Lu Fang casually scooped up a bowl of vegetable soup and handed it over, the man didn't even look at it, took two big gulps before swallowing it, saw that the person passing the vegetable soup was the commanding officer, so frightened he knelt down on the ground, He kowtowed again and again, calling it a capital crime.

Lu Fang helped the man up, and said with a smile: "The man has gold under his knees, and you haven't violated military regulations, why do you kneel down? If you are full, let's talk about today's affairs."

The man reluctantly put down the bowl in his hand, stood up and bowed and made a military salute: "A certain name is Long Shier, a native of Caizhou, who was originally under the command of Qin Zongquan, the governor of Caizhou. Zhu Wen has been lowered until today. What happened today is not that a certain class dared to commit a rebellion, but that the work was too heavy, and the food was too little. Please forgive me for doing that useless thing just now."

Lu Fang frowned, as if he was thinking about something, and after a while, he said: "Don't mention the matter of forgiveness. It is an iron law in the army to reward those who have meritorious deeds and punish those who have committed faults. However, you will not be punished for one thing. Since you have been punished for many days Do it for an hour, and the matter will be settled. I remember that Wang Xu was a soldier from Qingzhou, and he was originally under Zhu Zhen's command, but you said he was a soldier from Caizhou, maybe I remembered wrongly."

Long Twelve's face was full of joy. He didn't expect the commander to be so talkative. It would be a big mistake to work for an extra hour, and his tone was even more respectful: "The commander has a good memory, so Wang Xu is indeed from Qingzhou. The general recruited them, but almost all of the troops in this army were soldiers from Caizhou back then, and only two or three hundred people were soldiers from Qingzhou, who were killed and injured a lot by adults at the east gate of Haozhou that night."

Lu Fang secretly rejoiced, if Qin Zongquan surrendered, he must have a grudge against Zhu Wen, and most of his family members would have been lost in the melee between Zhu Wenwen and Qin Zongquan in those years. It's not difficult to merge into my team. Thinking of this, my voice became even more gentle: "It's strange, since the founding of a certain dynasty, Caizhou's soldiers have been known for their vigor. Although Qin Zongquan is a rebel, his troops are indeed the strongest in the world. The soldiers, the black clouds under King Yang's command are all composed of Sun Ru's surrendered soldiers. Had it not been for the bed crossbow that night, Haozhou City might not have been broken."

Long Twelve's face turned red, and he said angrily: "The commander doesn't know how Qingzhou soldiers can compare with certain Caizhou soldiers. Since they fell under Zhu Wen's command, Cai soldiers have been treated differently. Whether it is weapons, armor or rations, they are inferior. There has never been a gift, who the hell is still working for his Zhu family. If it weren't for this thing that couldn't be washed off," he pointed to the tattoo on his cheek, "I would have already run away. Have a meal."

Lu Fang felt secretly refreshed, not afraid of your arrogance, but afraid of your incompetence,