The Three Kingdoms: The Cold Gate World

Chapter 105
Regarding the actions of the Taiping Army in Padong County, Sima Ju obviously cannot deal with those who do not know are innocent.

Knowing that he had committed a heinous crime at this moment, Sima Ju was so frightened that he knelt down and didn't even dare to raise his head.

The soldiers following Sima Ju on the school grounds also showed a bit of unbearable expression, but they still looked at Guo Jia nervously to see how he treated Sima Ju.

"Xu Chu!"

Closing his eyes and calling out Xu Chu in a low voice, Guo Jia let the tears slide down his cheeks.

Xu Chu came out and stood beside the kneeling Sima Ju, waiting for orders.

"Sima Ju is lax in his rule and allows his subordinates to bully the common people. According to the military discipline I established after I entered Chengdu, how should I be punished?"

Without hesitation, Xu Chu immediately said loudly: "Cut!"

There was an uproar in the audience, the originally silent school field suddenly boiled, and the yellow scarf soldiers who had followed Sima Ju for several years under the handsome stage protested loudly.

"You can't kill the general!"

"The general has worked hard and made great achievements, and the merits and demerits are equal!"

"If you want to kill the general, kill me too!"

……

Xu Chu, Dian Wei, Zhou Tai, and Xu Shu all watched with solemn expressions and cold eyes. At this time, the soldiers in the school field were excited, and the people under the commander's stage were already huddled together in fright, not daring to lift their heads, for fear of being taken by those vicious soldiers. To vent their anger, Xu Chudianwei's subordinates on the other side all put their hands on the handle of the knife. If there is a mutiny, they will respond immediately.

Opening his eyes suddenly, Guo Jia looked down at the soldiers who shouted loudly that Sima Ju could not be killed, and pointed with his big hand, facing the soldiers on the school field.

Guo Jia roared angrily at them, "Ask yourself, why did you all go to the great virtuous teacher in the first place? How many of you were driven to nowhere by local tyrants, bullies, corrupt officials? You joined the Taiping Dao What is it for? Is it to live the good life described by the great virtuous teacher for you, or to become a new local tyrant and bully to oppress the villagers? Who can stand up and tell me with confidence that you are worthy of your conscience to bully men and women to take advantage of others? "

This roar sounded like a bell, which made the restless soldiers in the school field feel ashamed and dared not raise their heads to meet Guo Jia's gaze.

He suppressed their arrogance with righteous words, but Guo Jia still had to be unreasonable, and continued to shout at them angrily: "What was the situation when you were trying to resist? In your heart, those who oppressed you should not Damn it? Now that you are oppressing others, should you die? If I let you go today, is it equivalent to telling the Taiping Army in Yizhou that we can bully the people wantonly, disregard human life, and annihilate humanity? If you have sons and daughters If you have a father and a mother, don’t you think that those who are oppressed by you will rise up and resist in the same way? At that time, how much blood debt will your parents and children have to pay for you? Xu Chu, Dian Wei, lead your subordinates to give me these All the people were chopped off! Cut off! Cut off!"

At this time, Guo Jia seemed to be a little crazy, and few of the soldiers who hurriedly gathered in the school grounds had weapons at all. On the other hand, the soldiers brought by Xu Chu and Dian Wei not only wore armor, but also held weapons in their hands. The murderous intent is also extraordinary.

Xu Chudian Wei Deling immediately walked down the stage, Sima Ju raised his head with tears streaming down his face, kowtowed to Guo Jia and pleaded: "My lord, there are thousands of mistakes, all of which are my Sima Ju's fault. Yan, I failed the lord, if the lord wants to punish, just punish me alone, please let the lord go around them."

Hurrah, all the soldiers in the school field knelt down towards Guo Jia, prostrate on the ground in panic, and shouted words of begging for mercy.

Xu Chu Dianwei couldn't control that much, and continued to walk down the stage, but at this time, Xu Shu, who was on the handsome stage, approached Zhou Tai and urged in a low voice: "Go and beg!"

Zhou Tai, who was filled with righteous indignation, wished he could kill all these bastards immediately, begging for mercy?Anyway, it came from his heart, he definitely wouldn't do it, but as soon as Xu Shu reminded him, Zhou Tai realized a little bit, took a deep breath, put on a sad expression, walked towards Guo Jia, and also shook his legs. Kneeling softly, he shouted at Xu Chu and Dian Wei first: "General Xu, General Dian, please stop!"

Turning his head again, Zhou Tai clasped his fists towards Guo Jia and said shyly, "My lord, General Sima was indeed at fault, but he also has merit. The soldiers here have lived and died together with the lord, and finally settled down in Yizhou. Even if they are at fault, But the lord can't help but miss the old love."

Xu Chu and Dian Wei stopped, because before looking at Zhou Tai, Guo Jia secretly cast a look at the two of them. They understood that Guo Jia told them not to do anything.

But Guo Jia looked at Zhou Tai closely, and said word by word: "Zhou Tai! Do you want to ignore my military discipline?"

Zhou Tai fell to the ground in fear and said in a loud voice: "Zhou Tai dare not, Zhou Tai dare not, but my lord, ordinary soldiers live a hard life, and when they only rely on food and wages, they sometimes go hungry. what."

Looking up again, Zhou Tai looked excitedly at the soldiers who had shown gratitude to him and said loudly: "My lord, I am also in charge of the army, and I know their difficulties well. Your life is in danger to help the lord win the battle, but most of the credit goes to the generals. They are the lord's biggest contributors. The lord runs the army strictly, and I don't dare to forget it for a while. Today, the lord wants to punish the soldiers. Then Please let me be punished on behalf of the soldiers, if the lord wants to cut off their heads, cut off mine; if the lord wants to beat their army sticks, hit me."

The soldiers under the handsome audience felt guilty but burst into tears. Zhou Tai stepped forward to intercede for them, and even risked his life to protect them, which was enough to make them grateful to Zaide.

"My lord, what General Zhou said is right. My lord, on the surface we, the generals, contributed the most to the attack on Yizhou, but in fact, without them, without those dead soldiers, how could we have any credit?" Sima Ju said at this moment. He also followed Zhou Tai's words, wanting to intercede for his soldiers.

Guo Jia showed a bit of struggling, and said with deep pain: "Living is a crime, but death is inevitable. Zhou Tai, if you are willing to be punished for them, you can take a hundred army sticks and go. Dian Wei, do it yourself!"

Zhou Tai bowed to Guo Jia fearlessly, and said, "Thank you, Lord, for your kindness. There is one more thing, please forgive me. General Sima is a meritorious minister, please forgive me."

After finishing speaking, Zhou Tai got up and went down to lead the army stick. Before he could say the last word, Xu Shu had already walked back from Dian Wei's side and ordered Dian Wei's subordinates to be careful.

Dian Wei's strength was astonishing, but his ability to control his strength was also superb. If it were Xu Chu, Zhou Tai's life would probably be on the line.

But here, Sima Ju burst into tears and knelt beside Guo Jia in a daze, wondering if Guo Jia would promise Zhou Tai to forgive him.

Guo Jiagang's quiescent tears poured out again, and he held Sima Ju's arms with his own hands, and while lifting him up, he spoke sincerely in a gentle tone.

"General Sima, you are an upright man. You will definitely not be greedy for life and afraid of death. The great virtuous teacher loves you very much. If I kill you, how can I be worthy of the great virtuous teacher? I think back then that the great virtuous teacher was determined to make the people of the world live a better life." When I was living and working in peace and contentment, I mentioned you several times, saying that you could help him to benefit the people together. Without your assistance, how could I lead the army to capture Yizhou? How could I let the people of Taipingdao come to Yizhou to live and work in peace and contentment? You have contributed a lot , how can I be willing to kill you? Although the people of Badong County are complaining about me, these are not your fault. I should not have let you come here. I have nothing to do with you. General Sima, you are a majestic man, a hero, and an example in the army, but I still ask you to strictly enforce military discipline in the future, and don’t let me down, let down the late great virtuous teacher, and let all the people in the world down .”

Sima Ju's face was pale, and he looked at Guo Jia dully, only seeing Guo Jia's heartbroken but caring expression, complex emotions such as shame, humiliation, self-blame, guilt, etc. surged from the bottom of his heart like a torrent.

After Guo Jia's words, several important points kept flashing in his mind.

Greed for life and fear of death, great virtuous teacher, disappointing expectations, improper employment, unclear military discipline...

Thinking of the kindness of the great virtuous teacher Zhang Jiao to him, of Guo Jia's expectations for him, of what he had done, of the grievances and blood and tears of the people under the handsome stage, Sima Ju was shocked. His legs softened and he knelt down.

Suddenly, a look of determination gathered in the slack eyes, Sima Ju stretched his neck, lowered his head and gritted his teeth, and said loudly: "My lord! Sima Ju has a lord, a great virtuous teacher, what face is there to live in this world? If I don't die, How can I be worthy of these suffering people? My lord! Please grant me my death!"

Guo Jia burst into tears, and tried to help Sima Ju with trembling hands, but he refused. Guo Jia persuaded: "General Sima, why are you doing this? The mistake has been made, and your death will make those who died unjustly Are the people alive?"

Thinking of the people who died because of his indulgence of his subordinates, Sima Ju said more resolutely: "My lord, Sima Ju's death is not a pity. If the grievances of those people can be avenged, Sima Ju will be satisfied. My lord, let's do it!"

This time, the soldiers under the handsome audience did not plead for mercy, but looked at Sima Ju with reverence and guilt at the same time.

A cold light flashed in the eyes blurred by tears, Guo Jia took a deep breath, drew out his saber and swung it down, the movement was done in one go without the slightest stagnation.

Sima Ju's head rolled off the commander's platform, and the headless body fell to the ground, with blood gushing from his neck.

Turning around and walking off the commanding platform, Guo Jia left the school grounds under the guard of Xu Chu, and the soldiers behind him surrounded Sima Ju's body and wept loudly.

Wiping his tears with the white silk handed over by Xu Shu, Guo Jia ordered with a blank expression: "After Zhang Yan's [-] troops arrive, Zhou Tai will take back his [-] soldiers, and at the same time take over the command of Sima Ju's soldiers to sit in Badong. Send all the soldiers back to their hometowns, and let Zhou Tai strictly guard Jingzhou."

Xu Shu was about to leave under orders, but Guo Jia called him back, holding a white handkerchief in his hand and kept wiping the cold sweat from his face. Guo Jia felt uncomfortable all over his body, and his mind was a little heavy at this moment, but he still spoke in a low voice. Said: "Send someone to report to Zhang Baiqi and Xu He in Fuling County and Jiangyang County, and bring the news of my defeat in Jingzhou and the beheading of Sima Ju in Badong. Remember, only the results are reported, the process Just say that you don’t know, and in addition, send two more groups of people, one to report to Chengdu, let Zhicai lead Gao Shun to guard against rebellion, and the other to Zitong County Gan Ning, let him lead the army back to Chengdu immediately! Hurry up!”

After saying the last word, Guo Jia suddenly collapsed, Xu Chu quickly hugged him, reached out to touch Guo Jia's forehead, and said anxiously to Xu Shu: "Master, my lord is hot all over, it seems that the illness is not serious. "

Xu Shu was not a doctor, so he could only urge people to invite a doctor, and prepared a carriage, and when Zhang Yan's army gathered, they rushed back to Chengdu together.

Four-way messengers had been dispatched, and Xu Shu knew that Guo Jia was trying to provoke Xu He and Zhang Baiqi.

Provocative rebellion is different from forced rebellion. If the two are loyal to Guo Jia and get these two pieces of news, they will definitely not rebel, but if they have ghosts in their hearts, then it is hard to say.

(End of this chapter)