Gu Baihua and others who had been waiting outside the forest for a long time saw Gao Tengdou coming out and said hello, and then they gathered together to discuss ways to clear out the temporary camp of the officers and soldiers in the forest.

Luo Shifan felt a little unsatisfied. He hardly saw any excitement. He just rode back and forth for a while, and saw the backs of several enemies fleeing into the forest from a distance. However, after all, he was born as a county magistrate, so he was at most curious.

The desire to personally participate in killing is far less strong than that of warriors.

Guan Jianlin is not the same. Although people in this era have no idea that the feeling of adrenaline rush can gradually become addictive, the image of standing in front of the good brother, the young master, and immediately killing the enemy general with a sword has been lingering in his mind since last night.

After spending most of the day, I just ran back and forth a few times in vain. I had nowhere to vent my strength. I was so irritated and uncomfortable that I couldn't describe it. I wanted to chop at everything I saw. At this moment, I heard that there was another camp that had not been raided.

He insisted on participating no matter what, and no one could stop him.

Gu Baihua and Gao Tengdou had no choice but to agree, and Guan Jianlin calmed down. However, it is easy to set up an auxiliary camp, but it is difficult to catch all the dog officers and soldiers: the auxiliary soldiers in the camp will disperse during the day to hunt, cut grass and chop firewood.

It's very open, and it's located in a place where it's easy to get in and out. If a large group of people just drove in, it would inevitably scare a few people and run away. There are many places in the forest that require horses to be passed on foot, so it's difficult for cavalry to be used...

...Guan Jianlin didn't care about that, and he clamored to bring twenty infantry all the way to cut him off. In order to stop him from causing trouble, the two men threatened him and told him to stay aside, otherwise they would not take him there.

He shut up angrily and walked around in circles.

The two discussed for a long time but couldn't come up with any clues. Gu Baihua suddenly winked at Gao Tengdou and pouted at Luo Shifan. Gao Tengdou turned around and saw that the young master's head was tilted again and he was holding a branch in his hand.

Drawing on the ground, he stopped talking with understanding and waited patiently for him to come up with his idea. After a while, Luo Shifan figured it out, turned his head and said, "Brothers, I have a plan..."

Halfway through, I noticed two guys looking at me with evil smiles on their faces. I was stunned and asked, "Why are you looking at me like this?"

Gu Baihua said with a smile: "We are waiting for Junior Master's clever plan. Junior Master, tell me quickly."

Luo Shifan scratched his head and smiled sheepishly: "The two eldest brothers are laughing at each other. I wonder if we can let them fall into the trap..."

The sun shone down from the leaves in the west, and the auxiliary soldiers from Yanchang County returned to the camp one after another. Today's harvest was not big, and they only trapped a hare, but fortunately, they caught a few big fish in Yanshui. Again.

After being busy for a while, everyone saw that the food was almost ready. Everyone stretched their legs and sat down to wait for the soldiers to come back. After a while, they heard someone shouting in the distance, and they all got up alertly. Some people walked in the direction of the sound.

Take a few steps and listen carefully.

"Someone help me!" The shout came closer, and it was Han Dong's voice.

The two auxiliary soldiers hurriedly ran over following the sound, and the others gathered together to whisper and speculate.

I ran along the newly opened path for more than ten feet, turned around a bush, and saw Han Dong carrying a man in the distance. His head was resting on Han Dong's right shoulder. His iron helmet was tilted and he couldn't see his face clearly.

The armband was placed around Han Dong's neck, and the other half of his body was covered by a blood-stained cloak. He was probably seriously injured.

Seeing someone coming, Han Dong leaned forward, as if he couldn't hold on any longer, and leaned against a tree beside him, shouting: "Call them all, we've been hit, there are wounded behind us!"

The two men turned around, waved and shouted: "Come here, come here, help!" Upon hearing this, all the auxiliary soldiers ran towards the path and ran into the ambush.

In the evening, near the auxiliary barracks outside the east gate of Yan'an Prefecture.

The auxiliary soldiers were holding wooden bowls of wild vegetable soup mixed with a bit of meat and a few stars of oily flowers in one hand, and clutching grain cakes in the other hand. They crowded excitedly into a semicircle, pushing each other and crowding around, trying to get closer.

To see more clearly, the people behind simply brought pieces of wood and stepped on them, stretched their necks and looked into the circle. The inner layer of the semicircle were the soldiers who went on an expedition today. They pressed their hands on the handles of their swords, and their chins were so proud that they

It was raised for a long time. On the innermost floor were the team members who had walked through the gate of hell for two lifetimes today. They were holding sticks and whips in their hands, cursing, and mercilessly beating the captured officers and soldiers who were digging holes.

The officers and soldiers all know that they have no physiology. The only thing they can hope for is that death will come quickly, and it is best to leave a whole body. When they go to the underworld, they should not be headless ghosts, hungry all day long, and allowed to be bullied by others.

The first soil dug out was piled into a mound that could be used as an altar, and a few incense candles were ceremonially placed in front of it. This was Luo Yonghao's idea. Following Guan Shengyun, he killed all the officers and soldiers, and their bodies were thrown towards Yanshui.

It's so easy to just lose it. It's best to float down the river until it's longer and teach those dog officers a lesson. Master Luo doesn't want to alert the snake too early, and he needs to boost the enthusiasm of the auxiliary soldiers, so he suggests holding a memorial ceremony.

The ceremony was shown to the coolies. The reason was very good. Master Luo was the backbone of the commander, so this scene happened. In fact, Master Luo still felt a little unbearable in his heart: he was also unwilling to turn so many people into headless people.

Ghost - In that era, people took things after death much more seriously than people today.

Leaving the enemy's body intact can be considered a kind of helpless kindness.

Master Luo's wish not to let the dying people suffer more was not fully realized: there was a guy just now who saw that he was going to dig a hole for himself. He knew that he would die, so he tried to resist with a wooden shovel. The end was very tragic: several spearmen teased him

They surrounded the guy like a man, and when he lost his strength, several guns were pierced into his thighs. After he fell to the ground, his arm and shoulder blades were pierced again. The man collapsed into a pile like soft noodles, and was then tied to the altar.

In front of the stage, he became the first sacrifice.

There is a craft that has always been popular among the Ming army: beheading a living person.

Especially in siege warfare, whether it is against the rebels in the north who form a stronghold to defend themselves against the officers and soldiers, or the Miao barbarians in the southwest who kill officials and rebel, this performance has almost become a pre-war repertoire, which can greatly boost one's own morale and deal a heavy blow.

The enemy was arrogant and spread terror. Gao Tengdou was from the old Ming army. He had seen the skills of his superiors in the past, so he rolled up his sleeves and got off the battlefield himself.

The performance in the military is very different from the "beating" on the execution ground.

The most famous punishment was the "fish scale cut", which required 3,357 cuts. The meat removed each time was only the size of a fingernail. The more famous one was the cut up of the eunuch Liu Jin, which lasted for three times in total.

Day. On the first night, in order to let him breathe and continue to suffer, the guard even fed him a bowl of porridge. Another famous person was later Yuan Chonghuan. Every piece of meat the executioner picked off was bought by the onlookers.

, "eat it alive"...

However, these two cases are imperial orders and should not be taken carelessly. In other cases, the executioner will also make some manipulations based on what the person is doing. For example, if the victim's family has money, he can suffer less - if he is given enough money

, "If you follow me, I'll stab you in the heart first"! Kill with one knife, and the rest is just a formality. Of course, the price is clearly marked, and there are rules for how much you pay and how many stabs you have to take before you die. Otherwise, everyone wants to lower the price.

The executioner's income is not guaranteed. Not all the money belongs to the chief executioner, but a considerable part must be paid "filial piety". Don't look at the sanctimonious adults saying "a gentleman is far away from the cook". The blood on his hands is still in his pocket.

The money they carry is much more than the executioners with their sinister looks!

Those who don't have enough money to buy some fun will have another experience.

In fact, not only the beating, but also the most "gentle" hanging in the death penalty is a business. If you give enough money, "you will die in one hanging", otherwise, the prisoner will be put down when he faints, and the executioner will sit aside and wait for the cold water.

The prisoner on death row was splashed with water and then hanged again! The most common method was "nine hangings": he was revived eight times and hung nine times.

Whether it is beheading and abandoning the city or cutting into pieces by a thousand cuts, there is a supervisor, and it is he who issues the execution order. The prisoner will present a wooden sign with the name of the prisoner, and the supervisor will mark it with a red pen. This is called "goujue"

", which is considered to have completed the final procedure. At that time, people were generally superstitious and were afraid of evil spirits seeking their lives, so the executioner would not sit facing the execution platform and sit sideways, which meant that I can't see you and it has nothing to do with this matter. Don't come here in the future.

Find me. Legend has it that ghosts are afraid of the color red, and the official uniform represents the supreme authority of the court and is impervious to all evil, so it is necessary to wear a bright red official uniform. During the Goujue, the supervisor will not directly mark the gou, but

Hang the ink pen there, and the prisoner will bring the wooden sign with the name of the prisoner to the tip of the pen and drag it, then throw away the ink pen. It still has the same meaning, indicating that the murder of this person has nothing to do with him: Your name is not mine.

It's OK, I just held up a pen. If you want to claim your life, please find someone else. The prisoner who held up the sign also said: I just held up the sign and waved it, who knew there was a hook pen there!

Everyone is executing orders, everyone seems innocent, and everyone has a story to tell. However, everyone has blood on their hands that will never be washed away!

The executioner will first salute to the prisoner and say something formal: "I am acting under orders. Don't blame me for this. I will look for you in the future." Then he will punch the prisoner in the chest while he is exhaling.

The breath has been exhaled, and the heart and lungs are hit hard again, squeezing out the remaining air in the chest. The body will reflexively open its mouth wide and try to inhale more air. At this time, the executioner will stuff the sesame walnuts held in his left hand in

In the prisoner's mouth, lest he cry out in pain during the cutting of the flesh and affect his working mood. The first two cuts must be made under the prisoner's upper eyelids. Before cutting, let the prisoner hang it down to cover his eyes - generally speaking, executioners do not

I would like to be exposed to the eyes of the person who was stabbed. The next two swords are to gouge out the breasts of the criminal: the legendary Xingtian used breasts as his eyes after being beheaded by the Yellow Emperor, which was taboo even for executioners.

The massacre of living people in the army is not so particular, but more brutal. While shocking the enemy, you must also ensure your own safety to avoid being injured by the enemy's bows and arrows, so you have to perform it outside the enemy's reach - so

If you want to produce the best audio-visual effect at a long distance, you must not gag. The louder the shouting, the better. The cut meat must be long enough for the enemy dozens of feet away to see clearly, and it must be delayed longer.

Time allows the enemy to gather more spectators... It is said that some generals are so skilled that only their limbs are left with skeletons, and the intestines in their chests and abdomens flow all over the floor, without any damage to their vocal cords or respiratory system, and the victims can still hiss.

Yelled.

So, this is also a technical job.

The first time Gao Tengdou cut the knife, the effect was not optimal. After a little more than a stick of incense, the guy tied to the stake disappeared. Later, he himself felt that there was no point in cutting it anymore, so he took a step back.

He swung the knife across the neck with great force, picked up the head on the ground and threw it in front of the altar, ending the performance. However, this scene was enough for the officers and soldiers to dig a hole for themselves.

Seeing that the sky was getting dark and the pit was dug deep enough, Guan Shengyun ordered the torches to be lit, walked to the altar and bowed with his fists clasped, saying: "Brothers, Guan has avenged you!" The auxiliary soldiers erupted.

There was a burst of heartfelt cheers - obviously, they had no memory of who caught them here and ended up in such a situation not long ago.

Guan Shengyun actually disdains this. However, Master Luo said that the deceased is the most important, and the coach personally officiating can greatly boost the morale of all the brothers, so he came over to go through the scene.

Seeing his companions with their arms and legs bound being forced to jump into the pit with swords and guns, Han Dong turned around and knelt down, crying and begging Guan Jianlin: "General, General! You promised, the villain will take you with you

You won’t kill the villain after you lure them out! General, spare your life, General..."

Before Guan Jianlin spoke, Gu Baihua smiled sinisterly: "It's true that he agreed. I heard it."

As if grasping a life-saving straw, Han Dong took a few steps towards Gu Baihua and kowtowed again: "Thank you so much, general! Thank you so much, general, for saving me. I will always remember the general's great kindness..."

Gu Baihua interrupted Han Dong's cry pitifully: "I did hear that he agreed. But, did you hear that I agreed?"

Hearing this, Han Dong was stunned on the spot.

Gu Baihua then shouted sternly: "Even if I agree," he pointed at the group of decoy auxiliary soldiers who escaped from death, "did you hear that they agreed? Will they agree?"

The old man who had begged for mercy earlier came closer and kicked out: "Bitch thief! Did you have the slightest thought to spare us just now?" As he spoke, he raised the wooden stick in his hand and pointed at him.

He beat Han Dong head and head until he rolled to the bottom of the pit.

The auxiliary soldiers rushed over and started filling the pit. The few guys trapped by Han Dong at the bottom of the pit braved the flying sand on their heads, gritted their teeth and struggled to move towards Han Dong. With their arms tied, they lowered their heads and opened their mouths.

After biting it, Han Dong's sharp cry quickly turned into a sob. After a long time, the sound in the pit gradually weakened.

When the chest is filled, people's breathing becomes more and more rapid. When the chest is squeezed by the sand and earth, it will naturally expand instinctively and try to accommodate more air. However, as you exhale, the lungs are expelled.

After it is empty, the chest cavity contracts, and the gap with the soil will be filled again by the falling sand. With each breath, the extent to which the chest cavity can expand becomes smaller and smaller...and the cycle continues until suffocation.

Guan Shengyun ordered the withdrawal of troops before the big hole was filled. He suddenly remembered the moment when he paid homage to his adoptive father Lu Yong. He wanted to leave dozens of naked human heads and rush to the altar.

Master Luo originally wanted to persuade him to die in peace, but then he thought about it. Seeing the auxiliary troops out of the camp every day can also encourage him to be motivated. According to the current progress, there are still two days at most, and the boats and rafts will be enough to send out troops.

It wouldn't be a bad idea to let someone bury it when the time comes, so I didn't say anything.

Little did they know that these dozens of heads would come in handy later.

Knowledge points in this article:

Various tricks of the death penalty.
Chapter completed!