I rebelled in the Song Dynasty

Chapter 21 Killing to establish authority

The two were dragged down, still shouting desperately: "We are following a military order, a military order from His Majesty Wang Zhen. You can't kill us. Special envoy, please speak!"

Liu Sheng glanced at the special envoy, who was so frightened that he quickly lowered his head as if he hadn't heard.

Liu Sheng was also in trouble at this time. Should he kill the special envoy or keep it?

In the end, Liu Sheng decided to keep him to report to Wang Zhen.

Tell him not to bother you.

In short, it is impossible to return to the Song Dynasty. There is still hope of survival if you give it a try. If you go back, you will be killed sooner or later.

However, Liu Sheng did not completely push Wang Zhen to death. Wang Zhen wanted Liu Sheng to go back because the loss of personnel was too great but he had no military exploits. It would be difficult to explain to the emperor when he returned.

Liu Sheng immediately revised a letter and handed it to the special envoy: "I won't embarrass you. Go back and give this letter to your master. He will make his own decision."

The special envoy clasped his fists towards Liu Sheng, took the letter and retreated.

Liu Sheng glanced at the people in the tent and said: "Blow the drum, let the [-]th and [-]th Battalions assemble. I will personally supervise the execution."

Liu Sheng knew that it was impossible for Cai You to completely hand over the army of more than 1 people to him, and he would definitely leave someone to monitor him, but he did not expect that the other party would react so quickly and have such a layout in just one night.

Or was it arranged before they left?

Liu Sheng was startled and shouted: "Quickly, get that special envoy back."

Liu Sheng thought of Xiao He chasing Cai You by the Sanggan River. Cai You was so frightened that he crossed the Sanggan River at night and escaped Xiao He's pursuit.

From a time point of view, it is impossible for Cai You, Wang Zhen and others to know that Liu Sheng had defeated Xiao He and formulated a series of plans so quickly.

That could only be the back-up left behind earlier. Otherwise, Cai You's military order would be sent instead of Wang's report. If the special envoy returns, it will only expose the news that Liu Sheng and others are still alive.

Like a special envoy reborn after a disaster, he was captured again before leaving the camp.

Liu Sheng stood on the high platform erected at midnight, looked at the two battalion commanders who were kneeling on one side, looked down at the bustling crowd, and shouted loudly: "These two colluded with outsiders to plot our military exploits, but they failed. After that, I didn’t want to be held accountable and was fined with thirty army sticks, but I didn’t realize that I was so ungrateful and ungrateful that I actually tried to collude with the Khitans in exchange for my own future.”

After Liu Sheng finished speaking, everyone murmured among themselves. The [-]th and [-]th Battalions were basically fellow villagers or acquaintances, so they were half-convinced about Liu Sheng's words.

Liu Sheng did not explain much and said loudly: "Wang Wu."

A lost figure was pushed onto the stage.

Someone below asked: "Wang Wu, is this true?"

The commander of the [-]th Battalion was forced to kneel on the stage, watching Wang Wu being brought to the stage, sobbing, and wanted to say something, but unfortunately his mouth was blocked.

Wang Wu looked at Liu Sheng with panic in his eyes.

Liu Sheng said coldly: "Tell the truth."

Wang Wu slowly said: "I don't know anything else, but the battalion commander did send me north to contact the Khitan people today."

As soon as these words came out, the people below fell silent for a moment.

Liu Sheng asked: "Should this kind of person be killed?"

After a long time, a person shouted, "Kill, kill." The crowd in the audience became excited, and everyone said in unison, "Kill, kill, kill."

The [-]th Battalion Commander and the [-]th Battalion Commander looked completely panicked and kept kowtowing in an attempt to save their lives. Liu Sheng waved his big hand and said, "Behead."

As the axeman raised his sword high, two heads with open eyes rolled off the stage.

"Okay." Everyone clapped their hands.

Liu Sheng seemed to have calmed down his worries and exhaled heavily. This was the first time for him in two lifetimes, and he was deeply afraid that someone underneath would be dissatisfied.

It would be ridiculous if there was a fuss.

As early as Liu Sheng learned that they had contact with people outside, he wanted to kill these two people quickly. However, he was too junior and killed the general for no reason, fearing that everyone would not accept it.

He has little qualifications and no prestige, but the fastest way to establish his prestige is to kill a general.

These two people just happened to be on the muzzle of the gun and colluded with the Khitan.

What a good reason. Liu Sheng stood on the stage and looked at the ten battalion commanders watching from a distance with a half-smile.

Liu Sheng comforted everyone, telling the soldiers not to worry too much, he would take care of everything, and let everyone go back and continue eating meat. Good times are still to come.

The soldiers of the two battalions did not feel much about the death of their respective battalion commanders, and most of them felt that death was not a pity.

Liu Sheng returned to the camp with everyone, and there was a period of eating, drinking, and flattery. Ding Jie, the commander of the second battalion, couldn't sit still and asked: "General, I wonder who the men and horses of the second battalion are?"

Without raising his head, Liu Sheng picked up a piece of mutton in front of him and slowly put it into his mouth.

After a long while, Liu Sheng said, "What? Do you have any good suggestions?"

Liu Sheng raised his head and scanned everyone.

When Liu Sheng opened his mouth, Ding Jie trembled. It was obviously very warm inside the big tent, but Ding Jie felt as if he had fallen into a cold winter lake.

He quickly looked around, hoping that someone could help him relieve this inexplicable feeling.

Everyone hurriedly lowered their heads and pretended not to hear, eating various dishes on the plate. Ai Zhuang, the commander of the third battalion, wanted to say something for his fellow countryman, but when he met Liu Sheng's eyes, he lowered his head unconsciously.

Ding Jie looked around and saw that no one wanted to speak, so he bit the bullet and said: "After several rounds of fighting, the soldiers of each battalion are less than a thousand, which is less than the general's original establishment of a thousand-man battalion. My subordinates suggest that the two battalions can be Replenish the battalions.”

There were probably more than 3000 people abandoned by Cai You at the beginning, and they were organized into thirteen battalions by Liu Sheng. After defeating Xiao He, he transferred personnel from each battalion to form a cavalry battalion.

In addition, another [-] horses were captured in the attack on the clouds, and each battalion was redeployed by Liu Sheng. Each battalion was almost completely empty, and the wounded accounted for the majority.

The only cavalry battalion formed later was always under the jurisdiction of the first battalion commander Liang Shou. Liu Sheng did not seem to be trying to gain power. This gave Ding Jie an idea and mistakenly thought that Liu Sheng would still control those two battalions. Soldiers were assigned to each battalion to supplement.

Liu Sheng ate the dishes on the plate slowly and said: "The soldiers of each of your battalions are from the countryside of each county. Those two battalions have just lost their battalion commanders. I am afraid it is inappropriate to merge them suddenly. Let me take the lead first." Wait, it won’t be too late to go in again when you have the opportunity.”

Ding Jie looked at Liu Sheng and felt something was different but couldn't tell what was different.

But there was a little more fear in his heart, and he smiled and said: "The general has a high opinion, we are superficial."

Liu Sheng put down his chopsticks and said seriously: "This matter has been revealed to you. I hope you brothers can give me some face and don't do anything to embarrass me."

As soon as these words came out, all the battalion commanders hurriedly stood up and apologized, saying that they did not dare.

Liu Sheng sighed in his heart again, his power was finally established.

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