Although Gan Ning is a first-class general, Lei Yuan will not have any concerns about it. What he relies on is his own strict discipline, which is included in the system by tens of thousands of people, not some brave men.
A great sage in later generations once said: The people, only the people, are the driving force for creating world history.
Lei Yuan deeply agrees.
With a "bang" beside him, Gan Ning threw the long knife to the ground and looked around: "Where is the prison?"
On that day, Jun Zheng followed Lei Yuan's instructions and took Gan Ning to the county jail.
Gan Ning's troops still had a force outside the city. When they learned that Gan Ning would be imprisoned, they immediately exclaimed and were surrounded by more than five times the Lei family's troops.
Lei Yuan was not very concerned about himself and sent someone to announce to them that there was no selfish grudge between General Lei and General Gan, nor would he treat him deliberately. If they were not at ease, they could choose representatives to visit the main general. The soldiers discussed for a while with doubts and recommended several trusted old soldiers into the city.
The prison in Jiangzhou City is located in the north of the county government, close to the city wall to the north, and is very close to the city gate that Zheng Jin captured with a trick.
Several old soldiers originally thought that Gan Ning would be in a certain prison room, but the result would not be. Inside and outside the prison, Lei Yuan's entourage guards were all handed over, and a main house where the prison officer lived was vacated for Gan Ning. Except for not being able to get out of the prison, there was no other restriction. Even Gan Ning had thrown her armor on the school grounds and his weapons were cleaned up, and he found a wooden rack and hung it in the house.
It was already bright at this time, and Lei Yuan's entourage brought food to Gan Ning, which was nothing more than rice, fish soup. Although it was not delicate, it was quite sufficient. Gan Ning chewed heavily and asked casually: "What are the reactions in the Lei family's verse last night?"
What he said was naturally not a surprise attack on the city, but a harsh act of enforcing military law in public.
His subordinates looked at each other, and an old man said whispered: "The old people in the Lei family said that Xiaolangjun is still soft-hearted... Well, Xiaolangjun is the Lei Yuan. He was called Xiaolangjun before he succeeded to the leader of the Lei family in Lujiang."
Gan Ning only heard the first half and got up in surprise.
He grew up and let the rice rice fall out of his mouth. After a while, he said, "Soft-hearted? Because of such a crime of not being painful and not being itchy, he even chopped his head seven times. Those bands still felt that Lei Yuan was soft-hearted? Are these Huainan people crazy?"
"They said that since Lei Yuan was the leader of the sect, he took good care of his own troops and was obliged to be the orders. Moreover, according to the clan's laws and regulations, those who violated the orders should have deprived their land, expelled from their homes, and deprived their children of their qualifications to study in the village. As a result, Lei Yuan actually paid his own money to make up for the losses in their family..." The old servant recalled and said: "Many veteran soldiers in the sect said that the young man had a gentle temperament when he was young. Now, although he is strict in his military administration, he still sympathizes with everyone in his heart and leaves room for action..."
Gan Ning was almost cursing. He sat back away, put his job heavily on the table, interrupting the old man's words.
"What about our treatment? Don't they think it's too much to kill my Gan Xingba's subordinates on the spot?"
His subordinates looked at each other a few times, and another said, "This is indeed. Several Lei tribe generals who I am familiar with said that it is easier to behead him with one knife than to beat him to death in public. After all, General Lei is still kind to his family."
Gan Ning immediately stopped talking.
He sat cross-legged, showing a thoughtful look.
The subordinates waited quietly for a while, and as they saw that it was too long, someone asked, "General, after all, we all couldn't bear this tone. Do you think..."
"Shut up!" Gan Ning scolded these people sternly: "It is natural for me to be punished for violating military law. Do you have to worry about you idiots? Be honest. When I was in prison, you all obey General Lei's instructions and do not neglect them at all!"
Several old soldiers were scolded to death, but they didn't understand when they returned to the camp. When others asked, they simply replied: "General is safe!"
On the evening of that day, Lei Yuan finished the city defenses and sent people to inform the troops again, allowing them to enter the city and station them inside the county government. The barracks originally used to station Yan Yan's headquarters were only a wall away from the prison.
The next day, they asked someone to visit Gan Ning again. When they talked about their homes being stationed in the county government, if there was anything, hundreds of soldiers would arrive immediately after crossing the wall.
Gan Ning Daqi asked, "So where is Xuzhi Su?"
The subordinates said, "Then Lei Yuan lives in the wing room of the county government hall, less than a hundred steps away from us. The military camp we occupied was originally used by Lei Yuan's entourages, but now those entourages have been asked to go to the opposite side of the schoolyard, leaving a place for us."
Gan Ning was stunned for a moment, stunned for a moment before sighing, "Don't open Lei Yuan in the future, keep talking Lei Yuan in the future, it's so disrespectful. I'll call General Lei! Also, you bird-like people, get out of the county government and return the camp to Xu Zhi's entourage!"
The subordinates were in an instant uproar: "General, what do you mean?"
Gan Ning showed a very rare serious expression and patted the ground in front of him: "You guys come here, I have to explain it to you..."
While Gan Ning was reasoning for his subordinates, Lei Yuan was organizing a funeral outside the city.
The target of the deceased ceremony was the soldiers who died in battle during the capture of Jiangzhou.
In modern times, although the funeral ceremonies of scholars may be grand and extravagant or briefly discussed, ordinary military and civilians have never been a turn for such a ceremony. In troubled times, ordinary people's lives are not as good as weeds, and they are treated in vain and die. It is okay to expose corpses in wilderness, or to eat from the mouths of wild dogs. If they really can't, they can be treated as military rations. How can they dare to expect any ritual?
But Lei Yuan was unwilling to do so. Since he fought against the enemy at the Beating Guspit Pass in the Mountain, after each war, the Central Warlords not only recorded their merits and achievements, but also recorded the names, hometowns, and even the families they could contact.
If you have time, a ceremony of burning the body will be held on the battlefield immediately, and a dedicated person will be responsible for carrying bones back home and returning it to the family; even if the war is urgent, he will carry any supplies of the deceased and return it to his family. The names of the deceased will be recorded in the Lei clan cemetery in Daling Mountain, Lexiang County and placed in the ancestral hall. Every year, the spring club, autumn club, summer solstice, and winter solstice, enjoy sacrifices with the lords of the Lei clan in Lujiang in all dynasties.
What is performed at this time is the ceremony of incineration of the corpse.
The process is very simple. First, officers from Sima and above from each branch came forward to roughly introduce the experiences and merits of the dead in the battle. Then Lei Yuan himself personally delivered a speech to commend the heroic and loyalty of the deceased, praised them as heroes who died for the stability of the world, and vowed to heaven that the families of the deceased would be taken care of and their descendants should have a future; finally, the fire was burned, and the entire army stood up to express their condolences.
This ceremony was generally compiled according to Lei Yuan's memory of his previous life. If we look at the Han etiquette, it would be vulgar. But for the soldiers, this is the ironclad evidence that their life and death are caring for, and it is the promise that the lord will definitely repay his loyalty; for the civil and military officials in Jiangzhou City who were waiting to watch from a distance, it is also a time to show their military spirit.
Most of these officials were the ones who were invited by Hu Du to have a banquet the day before yesterday, and some were smart people who hid at home when the Jingzhou army entered the city. Yesterday, Lei Yuan was busy rectifying the city defense and had no time to meet them, so he summoned them outside the city today.
These people were all ready to deal with the upstarts in Jingzhou. Unexpectedly, after they arrived, they first saw a funeral ceremony for ordinary soldiers. They were a little confused at first, and even a little unhappy, thinking that Lei Yuan was a little slow to the scholars of Yizhou; but as the funeral ceremony progressed, the mockery in their eyes became less and less.
When thousands of people stood solemnly with the order, the momentum of unity forced them to stand up and stand solemnly.
Someone sighed softly: "This is a soldier of a kind person."
Xun Qing said, "The benevolent people have one heart, and the three armies work together. The soldiers of the benevolent people gather and form a battle. If they are dispersed, they will form a formation. If they are innocent, they will be broken, and if they are in trouble, they will be defeated."
However, someone asked in a slight voice: "Do you dare to be a soldier of a kind person when you are so harsh to the Lord and the Lord of Yan's family?"
Chapter completed!