Song Mingyue

Chapter 255

Heshuo Forbidden Army camp.

woohoo~
In the early morning of the next day, just after dawn, the melodious and loud sound of the horn woke up all the soldiers from their sleep.

"Straight mother thief, why are you so crazy, you blow the horn early in the morning!" Someone woke up and shouted angrily.

"At midnight today, those who arrive late or don't arrive will be sentenced to serious crimes and even killed on the spot. Get up quickly!" Someone reminded.

Hearing this, those cursing people remembered the big event that was spread all over the barracks last night... 50 or [-] people returned to the underworld overnight, and now this is a big event of beheading.Everyone panicked, wearing armor and carrying weapons in a hurry, and hurried to the school grounds.

However, there are all kinds of birds in the forest, and there are always exceptions for more than [-] soldiers and horses...

Waiting for all the soldiers of the Heshuo Imperial Army to rush to the school grounds in a panic, they saw that the stage was already full of people, watching their arrival with cold eyes.

The imperial guards under the stage came in groups, like dark clouds, and then gradually merged into one group, standing in a dense mass of darkness under the main general's stage, with no end in sight.

The soldiers did not dare to be negligent, and began to straighten out the queue, but they hadn't straightened up for many years, and it took half an hour to forcefully line up a four-dimensional queue.At first glance, it looks fine, with swords and halberds like forests and banners like clouds, but when you look closely, it is not as good as it looks at first glance, it looks like a surging giant insect without any rules.

On the general stage, Zhao Haoduan sat on the big chair in the middle, Zhong Shidao, Zhong Shizhong, and Yang Weizhong sat on the left and right bottom respectively, while Wu Song, Fang Baihua, Lu Junyi, Liang Hongyu, Hua Rong, Zhang Qing, etc. People stand by Zhao Hao's side and behind him with their swords pressed.

Zhao Hao, who was sitting in the middle, looked at the imperial guards below the stage and shook his head. He couldn't even line up well, so how could he fight?It is no wonder that in the battle against Liao in history, the frontline troops were only slightly defeated. Tong Guanyi announced his retreat and was immediately defeated. Hundreds of thousands of imperial troops were killed by tens of thousands of Liao troops and fled.

Looking at the queue that was barely lined up under the stage, Zhao Hao shouted to Yang Weizhong in a deep voice: "Order all armies, battalions, and capitals to report the names of those who are late and those who have not arrived!"

Following Zhao Hao's order, hundreds of messengers in the audience immediately rode away like flying, rushing to each battalion.

After a long time, the messengers returned to their horses one after another.

"Report to the general, the fifth battalion of the Baoding Army, there should be 50 people, but 97 people actually arrived, two people did not arrive, and 11 people were late."

"The third battalion of the Ansu Army should have 120 people, but it actually arrived with 99 people. One person did not arrive, and five people were late."

"The [-]th Battalion of the Shun'an Army should have [-] people, but actually there are [-] people, and eight people are late."

……

Following the reports of the messengers, Zhao Hao's brows became tighter and tighter. With an establishment of 500 troops per army, almost none of the rosters reported to the imperial court were missing. The actual number of people who reported was 500 to [-] less than the [-] people.

This is the legendary empty pay, but at least it is the forbidden army, and the proportion of empty pay is relatively small. If it is a local army, the proportion of empty pay is often [-]%.Otherwise, how could the annual military expenditure account for half of the fiscal expenditure.

Because of Jin Yiwei's verification, the generals below did not dare to falsely report the number of people, otherwise, once they were verified, they would fall into the hands of Zhao Hao, a ruthless master, and the consequences would be disastrous.They simply reported it honestly, and once Zhao Hao pursued the responsibility seriously, he could also find an opportunity to shirk his responsibility.After all, the rule of eating empty pay has been a dark history for nearly 200 years, it is better than making false reports in public and being caught by Zhao Hao.

At this moment, Zhao Hao didn't want to pursue the matter of empty pay.Firstly, a big battle is imminent, if you scratch your eyebrows and beards, it will only become more and more chaotic. The most urgent thing is to improve the fighting quality of the Heshuo Forbidden Army. It doesn't matter how brave they are, how they can be ten against one, just don't be defeated in one battle; From Chaotang to Jiangxi in Song Dynasty, it was more than just eating empty pay, and it was more than just the generals of the Heshuo Imperial Army. Even the officials of the Great Song Dynasty had to collect their own black money, and even Zhao Hao had to send black money to the officials...

"Those who come late will be punished thirty times with a cane, and next time, they will be punished without mercy!" Zhao Hao shouted in a deep voice.

"Here!"

"Order all armies, battalions, and capitals to rearrange their formations immediately. The two old generals also ask the dispatched generals to assist them!"

"Here!"

As the generals promised, Zhao Hao's tone became murderous: "Jin Yiwei, go to each camp, and arrest all those who have not arrived, and those who are unable to move must be carried!"

"Here!"

All the officers and soldiers in the audience are rearranging in chaos, and those generals selected from the Forbidden Army of the capital also joined in to assist the entire team.Hundreds more people were pulled out of the queue, beaten with sticks in public, and screamed to the sky, which made the imperial guards who were forming the team terrified, how could they dare to neglect.

Immediately afterwards, groups of Jin Yiwei marched out, took the rosters of each battalion, went straight to the camps of each army, and searched for those who had not arrived.

After a while, those soldiers who hadn't arrived at Dianmao were taken to the audience of Dianjiang one after another by the guards in Jinyi, and the most striking thing was that there were three or four people who were carried over with quilts. About twenty people.

Zhao Hao slowly climbed down the platform, stopped in front of those who hadn't arrived, and stood in front of the few soldiers who were lying under the quilt.

"Liang Feng, strength 45, intelligence 43, politics 12, health 42."

The No.1 that Zhao Hao saw had a pale complexion, as if he was suffering from malaria, and he trembled when he saw Zhao Hao.Zhao Hao looked at his terrified eyes, and there was a warm look in his eyes, he turned his head and said, "Bring it back to the camp, don't suffer from the wind and cold!"

He took out a jade bottle from his bosom, poured a few pills, handed it to a Jin Yiwei and said, "Take this pill with hot water, it will be of great benefit."

All Jin Yiwei agreed.

The man opened his mouth and wanted to say something, but he didn't send out any business, just burst into tears instantly.

Zhao Hao waved his hand, motioning for everyone to carry it away.

After speaking, he walked up to the second person. That person still had a frowning face and trembling all over. A sneer appeared on the corner of Zhao Hao's mouth, and he stretched out his hand suddenly, and turned the person out of the bed and rolled to the ground. .

Zhao Hao inspected this person carefully, and found that there were no flaws in his hands and feet, so he shouted sharply: "It's not enough to pretend to be sick, to deceive the superior, behead!"

The man was so startled that he knelt down and begged for mercy, crying: "General, please forgive me, the little one is seriously ill, I hope you will forgive me!"

Zhao Hao didn't look at him, but just repeated a word: "Cut!"

A cold light flashed, and the man's begging for mercy stopped abruptly.

A "seriously ill" person with a health value of 93 is already "sick" and dying, so what to do if he doesn't keep it?
With a burst of miserable and desperate exclamations, all those who hadn't arrived fell to their knees one after another: "General, spare your life!"

And a soldier lying on the bed next to him was so shocked that he hurriedly lifted the bed, revealing half of his left leg.

Zhao Hao looked at the half of the man's leg, and said in a deep voice: "Check carefully why this person is disabled, if he is on duty, he will be subsidized according to the regulations, and sent back to his hometown; if he is not disabled on business, he will be paid travel expenses and sent back to his hometown It’s not a place for disabled people to retire.”

"Here!"

He turned around and looked at the other soldier who was still under the blanket and the other kneeling people beside him, and after making a search, he said harshly: "Cut!"

Those who hadn't arrived at the time suddenly shouted like killing pigs.

"General Qi, the villain has diarrhea, so he hasn't arrived yet..."

"The little man is suffering from wind and cold..."

"The villain didn't hear the sound of the rallying horn..."

Zhao Hao's face was gloomy, and he turned around. The Jin Yiwei around him had raised Qinglong's wrong-handed sword, but he saw a man suddenly shouted madly: "General, please stay, I have something important to report!"

Zhao Hao turned around slowly again, looked at the man, and saw that the man was facing him, holding up a piece of paper, although the words on it were not neat, but they were clearly legible.

"I am Mrs. Cai's biological wife."

Zhao Hao smiled, very strangely.

chah~
A cold light flashed, the head fell to the ground, blood spattered, the man held the piece of paper high, and fell down slowly.

Immediately afterwards, there was a burst of screams like howling ghosts and wolves behind Zhao Hao, resounding through the entire school grounds, suppressing the din of the whole ground forcefully.

The soldiers who were straightening out the queue stopped, and looked towards this side with horror on their faces, secretly rejoicing in their hearts.

Even the soldiers who were being scolded by the sticks raised their heads one after another, staring at the blood splatters and the wooden sticks falling on their bodies in dismay, and it seemed that the pain was not so great anymore.

In troubled times, heavy codes must be used, and so is the army in chaos!
It's been a long time.The bloodstains and corpses on the ground have been cleaned up; those soldiers who were reprimanded by the rod limped and took leave, dragged their wounded bodies, and returned to the camp; after some rectification, the tens of thousands of troops finally discharged A decent queue.

Looking at the queue in front of him, Zhao Hao finally nodded, and shouted in a deep voice: "From today onwards, each army must gather four times a day, march four times in a hurry, each time ten miles in a hurry, each of them must preach "The Responsibility of a Soldier" every night. "One time, practice for five consecutive days without any mistakes! After five days, listen to the general's order to make a decision! Anyone who slackens will be punished fifty times, and anyone who deliberately refuses to execute will be killed on the spot!"

"Here!"

……

While Zhao Hao was rectifying the military discipline of the Heshuo Forbidden Army and leading the Heshuo Forbidden Army's drill plan, Tong Guan, the commander of the Northern Expedition Army, was writing a memorial to the officials in the inner house.

"The minister came to the north under the imperial edict. He arrived at Mozhou on September 23 to make preparations for the march. He saw that the generals of Heshuo were arrogant and lazy. They didn't train the enemy's army. They had nothing to do with it... Gai For 200 years in Heshuo, he has not tried his hand at military affairs. Once he hastily, it will be difficult to blame him. The ministers have recently heard that tens of thousands of soldiers and civilians in Yizhou stretched their necks to lead troops to dedicate the city fortifications. Also, the soldiers from the west are coming, but they dare not come out to respond, causing them to doubt..."

This prestigious Tong Xuanshuai, the commander of the [-]-strong Northern Expeditionary Army, did not think about victory, but first thought about defeat. A bunch of questions arise.

And in the two Xingyuan not far from Tongguan Xingyuan, Cai You and Cai Mao are both doing the same big thing, which is to impeach Zhao Hao.

"The Duke of Longde came all the way and acted arbitrarily. Tong Xuanshuai was afraid of the dignity of his clan, and he was very afraid of it. He was the leader of the horse, and there was a tendency to overwhelm the master. The minister thought that since the Duke was a clan, he should strictly abide by the military regulations. And the government's will... He entered the barracks last night, domineering, killing more than two hundred soldiers... This morning, he failed to do so, and killed more than a hundred people... The soldiers of the three armies are all sad and angry, and they have the potential to rise to the top ...And Xuan Shuai can't make the decision in this matter, he can only let him do it..."

Those who do nothing are certainly hateful, but the most hateful thing is not only doing nothing, but also stabbing a knife in the back.

In the long history, how many such treacherous villains...

(End of this chapter)