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Chapter 1034: Military law is as great as the sky (1)

Originally, when he heard his wife and children Ping'an Sun Tu, he was still happy, but Tong Mu's words made his face suddenly calm down when he smiled. What he was most worried about was still happening.

As early as when he was in the army, Sun Tu had already issued strict orders to keep his soldiers observing military discipline and not to disturb the people along the way or rob people's wealth. This certainly means to conquer the people's hearts and to use them for themselves, and to prevent the military discipline from being corrupt and pave the way for various measures after the successful capture of Tokyo. Even before the army attacked Bianliang, Sun Tu once emphasized this point again, so that the generals would restrain their subordinates well, and rewards would be indispensable to everyone.

But after too many people, things are still out of control. Even though Sun Tu has repeatedly ordered, when hundreds of thousands of troops really entered the prosperous Tokyo Bianliang, some people still could not withstand the temptation of money, and committed violations of military discipline, breaking into private houses, hurting people and robbing...

It was precisely because he knew how much Sun Tu attached it to the incident that after a sudden hearing of more than a dozen vicious incidents, Tong Mu, who should have been guarding the palace, left urgently, and used people to suppress the situation and calmed down the situation. Finally, he handled it in time and appropriately enough that the situation did not expand further and suppressed some other soldiers who were ready to move.

After calming down, Sun Tu spit out a turbid breath and asked, "Who did this?"

"It turned out that seven or eight generals from the Northern and Western Army were openly rushing into the houses and looting them. They were also slashed by the people there because they tried to stop them. Fortunately, no one was killed. In addition, several officers who had just been recruited by us before also led their troops to break into the wealthy houses and looted them because of a moment of greed. "When they talked about this, they hesitated for a moment, and finally added: "There is another person Qi Huan, a general under Song Gongming. Because they had a grudge against an official in the inner city, they led their troops into the door without hesitation after they entered the door and killed all the good and cheap people in the family. There were more than twenty people in total..."

When Sun Tu heard him talk about the previous things, his face gradually calmed down, but this last thing still made him gasp: "That Qi Huan actually killed everyone?" This time, the nature of the matter was completely different.

Tong Mu nodded and helped explain: "But after killing someone, Qi Huan took the initiative to put down his weapons and met Song Gongming. Now his subordinates and others have been taken into custody and have not resisted at all. And I have also heard that he is just to avenge his murdered family."

Seeing that Sun Tu was silent, Tong Mu said again: "Qi Huan was also from Tokyo. His family was quite wealthy and was a businessman's family. As a result, he offended the Ji family, who had Gao Qiu as his backer, and all the family were framed and convicted. In the end, Yu died in prison. Only he escaped by chance. Later, he was trapped in Shandong and joined our Shandong Army.

"In the past few years, he has made many achievements with his martial arts skills. Now he is a Yuhou under Song Gongming's command, and he has gained his trust and use. Not to mention anything else, he has made a lot of efforts even when he entered Tokyo this time. He was the first group of people to enter the city, so the general..."

His words were interrupted by Sun Tu: "I understand what you mean. Do you think Qi Huan is so rewarding. This time the murder was caused by a cause, so I want to persuade me to go out of the way?"

Tong Mu nodded, but after seeing Sun Tu's expression, he knew that his words might not be useful. Sure enough, Sun Tu said solemnly: "I also have some impression that Qi Huan is indeed a rare talent in the army, but he acted too recklessly. Even if he had a grudge, he should not be in a hurry. Where did this place my military law?"

Tong Muran, of course he understood Sun Tu's painstaking efforts, but at the same time he was worried about the impact of real law enforcement impartially. Sun Tu saw his concern at a glance, and smiled and said, "Let's go and meet those who dare to disrupt our military discipline first and deal with this matter. Fortunately, you helped me take action in time this time, otherwise more trouble would probably occur."

This is a fact. If Tong Mu hadn't taken action in time and immediately grabbed the guys who plundered the people's wealth, I'm afraid that everyone else would follow suit. Once this door to sin is really opened, even if Sun Tu comes forward, he might not be able to suppress it. By then, the entire Tokyo Bianliang would be in chaos. This is not the situation Sun Tu hopes to see.

Tong Mu hurriedly said humbly, then rode his horse to follow Sun Tu, hurried forward, and soon arrived at the former Privy Council Office, which had been temporarily set up as the command post for the thief army. This was the place that Song Jiang had chosen, probably to fulfill his wish for many years. At this time, the soldiers and horses inside and outside the door were quite lively. Until Sun Tu arrived, everyone stopped walking and bowing. Many people still looked like they wanted to speak, obviously wanting to plead for those reckless and greedy people who almost ruined the big things.

However, Sun Tu did not give them the chance to plead, so he immediately rode his horse into the solemn and tall gateway, and came to the lobby that looked like a palace before getting off the horse and walking into it. Then he saw hundreds of soldiers tied there at a glance, the most eye-catching of them were more than a dozen strong men dressed in brightly armor and stubborn necks.

Song Jiang was still complaining about everyone's mischievousness at this time. When he saw Sun Tu arrive, he quickly turned around and greeted: "General, these brothers..."

Without waiting for him to explain, Sun Tu said, "I already know the cause and effect before and after, so you don't have to excuse them anymore." As he said that, he swept over everyone again: "You are really promising. As soon as you entered Tokyo, you felt that you were the masters here. You began to think about getting rich, but you took my military orders in front of you!"

Although he was not a harsh expression, Sun Tu now has a power that far exceeds that of ordinary officials. It is not something that these ordinary soldiers in front of him can resist. In just a moment, they knelt down and confessed: "General, the last general is aware of the crime. The last general is just a moment of greed, and even harassing the people regardless of the ban. It is really a great crime. Please punish the general."

"General, although they violated military law, they were just confused for a while and did not cause much impact. So they thought it would be better to be lighter. After all, they were all meritorious, and they were brothers who had fought bloody battles with the Liao and Jin people and made great contributions to our Song Dynasty." Song Jiang quickly advised, and then looked at Tong Mu again, hoping that he could help him.

Before Tong Mu could speak, several generals hurried in outside, but it was Dong Ping, Lin Chong and others who came here specially after learning about this. After hearing Song Jiang's plea, they quickly followed: "General, General Song said so much. Most of the soldiers were confused for a moment and did such a thing. If they had made contributions, they would spare them this time."

"Yes, General, but it's just a few trivial matters, and no one hurts. We send them to the door to apologize and give the stolen property to the other party. I believe that those people will not hold them to them."

"Please give your hands high..."

Faced with the pleas of so many people, Sun Tu's face became even more ugly. After pondering for a moment, he suddenly asked: "You think why can we win today? We can only control the entire Song Dynasty court from a Qingzhou city, thousands of soldiers today? What made me Sun Tu rise from the many generals and hold such a heavy power?"

Several people looked at each other, but they didn't know what to answer. Sun Tu didn't expect them to give the answer they wanted, so he quickly answered: "Because compared to the corrupt Xiang army in various places, the army built by my Sun Tu is the strongest and the Song Dynasty official army that obeys the military orders the most. It can be said that military discipline and military laws are the foundation for my Sun Tu to take everyone to achieve such achievements. What is the military discipline we have always pursued? It is to kill the enemy and fight for the first place, it is to integrate the military and civilians, and it is to never disturb the people, harm the people, and not take every needle or thread from the people. Do you still remember what the military song I taught you? The three major disciplines and eight points of attention state that it is not to take money from the people, let alone hurt people and steal their property!

"And now, you have just entered Tokyo and have not even stood firm, so you are thinking about getting rich. This is a serious provocation to our military discipline. If we do not deal with it strictly, how can we convince others? If the Japanese officials today spare you so easily, tomorrow, more people will hurt and rob people in Tokyo due to greed. The next day, it may cause greater chaos until both sides become enemies, until we are either beaten by the military and civilians here to escape from Tokyo, or they will massacre the city and turn this Tokyo into a hell on earth! You think this is just a small matter, but in my opinion, this is clearly the key to our success or failure, and the hearts of the people are everything!"

After saying this, the generals were speechless. They naturally knew that Sun Tu's words were a little exaggerated, but the meaning was still correct. Such a corruption of military discipline must not be opened, otherwise the consequences would be extremely serious.

"What does the general mean?" Tong Mu asked in a low voice.

"I originally had military orders. Those who hurt people and seize the money of the people should take the slightest responsibility of military sticks and show them to the public as a warning. This time, they doubled down, and each person would pay 100 military sticks in public. Three days later, they would walk the stick in front of the most lively Zhuque Gate in the city and inform the whole city to let the people come to watch." Sun Tu said, and then he paused again, seeing those obviously resentful subordinates said: "In addition, as the commander of the three armies, I failed to prepare early, and even if you make a big mistake, you should be punished together..."

"General..." When everyone heard this, they were really anxious: "No, you are the head general in our army, and how can you be the backbone of everyone? How can you be punished?"

"General, if you can't punish the doctor, how can we do this!"

"That's all the set of fallacies in the past. From the beginning, the soldiers in the army treated equally. Anyone who made mistakes would be punished, thinking that those who later became warned!" Sun Tu said firmly: "The military law is as great as the sky! Do what I said and pass on the message."
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