The generals of the Lizhou Battalion were lying on the pig-killing bench one by one, their arms held down by soldiers from the Military Justice Department led by Cheng Jie.
"Lizhou Battalion Commander Fan Ji and other eight generals have no military discipline and disobey military orders. They will be sentenced to dozens of military sticks as appropriate to uphold military law!" Cheng Jie took the sentence document and muttered a few words in a formal manner.
, and then gave his subordinates a look.
"Take it easy." Fan Ji and the others muttered in a low voice.
When I saw the soldiers surrounding me, they all buried their heads low, wishing they could crawl into the cracks in the ground.
"Beat." Cheng Jie ordered and supervised personally.
The eight soldiers holding the military sticks spat on their hands, wiped them on their hands, and then picked up the military sticks as big as horse spears.
Fan Ji and others were so surprised that they exclaimed:
"What the hell is this a military stick?"
Cheng Jie said calmly: "With the three battalions integrated into one, of course the military sticks must also be integrated into three."
"Brother Cheng, don't take care of people like this. This one will kill someone!" Fan Ji whispered.
"Don't worry, you won't die. My men are sensible." Cheng Jie muttered and walked away.
The next scene will be a bit too tragic.
"Pah——"
"Ouch!" When the first stick fell, all eight generals in Lizhou Camp cried out in pain.
"Shout out if it hurts, there's no shame in it." Cheng Jie shouted from a distance.
Fan Ji retorted: "I won't shout, brothers, don't shout, don't let the brothers from the other two camps see the joke, isn't it just a few dozen sticks?"
After saying that, he immediately bit his sleeve.
"Pa bang..."
"It's so tragic..." The soldiers who were watching felt terrible, because someone was bleeding within less than ten sticks.
After thirty spankings, my buttocks were stuck to my pants.
"I won't be able to ride a horse for several days now."
"If I miss the mark, my life will be shattered, right?"
"Lao Cheng was so ruthless that he used the worn-out horseshoes as military sticks."
"What do you know? Lao Cheng, if you don't be ruthless, these guys will have to be listed by the general when they go back. It's better to get a beating now than to have their heads thrown to the ground in the future."
"That's the reason...you asked for it."
After thirty beatings with sticks, Fan Ji was still being beaten, and the stick he was beaten with seemed thicker.
After an unknown amount of time, Fan Ji had fainted, but he still had a strong mouth and bit the clothes to death without howling more.
When Sun Yi came to pick him up, he saw the miserable state of Fan Ji's butt and gave Cheng Jie a thumbs up.
Don't be afraid of being beaten hard, but be afraid of being beaten lightly. The Shangguan's face will be humiliated, so just receiving this beating can be regarded as an advantage for him.
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The next day.
In the main business account.
Sun Yi came back again, and together with Lin Bei and Wei Ran, stood in front of Fang Jue and listened to the order.
Fang Jue also didn't mention anything about what happened before, as if he had forgotten about it.
"Zhou Desheng from the Ganzhou Battalion sent a letter saying that the construction of the grain road has been basically completed and troops have been stationed at important nodes along the way." Fang Jue said.
"If this is the case, we can continue to move forward and conquer Hanzhou." Lin Beidao.
Fang Jue nodded: "Although we have wiped out the garrison in Shuangzhou, the Beiliang officials at all levels of government are still very powerful. What I mean is to clear out most of them today, and then go to Hanzhou tomorrow and the day after."
Just like when Yue Pingchuan rebelled in Qinzhou, he immediately wiped out the soldiers of all levels of government offices in Qinzhou.
The reason is that I am worried about internal blossoming and being stabbed in the back by these people.
As the head coach, Fang Jue naturally has to think carefully. Although there are few people in Beiliang, the remaining government personnel are still a big threat.
They cannot be allowed to continue to exist.
Wei Ran said: "This will delay the fighter plane. It is better to let He Feng from Suzhou Battalion clean it up and give them a chance to train new recruits. It will not affect the speed of our advance."
"The Suzhou Battalion is still being formed, isn't it so fast?" Sun Yida said.
Lin Bei also agreed: "General Wei is right, we should not stop here, we should strike while the iron is hot and continue to advance, and then capture the main city of Hanzhou before the surrounding Beiliang reinforcements can react."
Once the border troops stationed in the surrounding state capitals and Beiliang react and come to help, it will be very troublesome.
Now that there are not many troops in these three states, they are the easiest to capture. If we delay for a few more days, it will be difficult to say.
"You are all right. Suzhou Camp has not been rebuilt yet. If we continue to move forward and wait for Suzhou Camp to take over, Suzhou Camp should be almost complete by the time we return."
Fang Jue was reminded and thought this method was good.
Because Suzhou Camp had not been rebuilt properly, Fang Juecai did not consider this.
It will take at least several months to go north this time and come back again. Half a month is enough for the Suzhou Battalion from recruiting troops to initially completing the weaving.
If we move to this area, we can train our troops. If we encounter reinforcements from other states in Beiliang and want to cut off the retreat route of the army conquering the north, they will be a powerful support force.
What's more important is that He Feng's abilities need no introduction.
"But we don't have the authority to transfer the Suzhou Battalion. Let the Ganzhou Battalion station troops here first and let's see what arrangements are made in the capital. We can only make suggestions." Fang Jue said.
When it comes to military power, Fang Jue is very cautious and cannot make decisions without authorization.
Don't get used to doing some things that are done first and then reported later, otherwise you will definitely be jealous.
"Yes, we can use the construction of grain roads to station the Ganzhou Battalion here, but we cannot directly mobilize the Suzhou Battalion." Sun Yi agreed.
"If Zhou Desheng wants to make meritorious deeds and get rid of the Ganzhou purge, he has to work hard, maybe even more dedicated than He Feng." Lin Bei also said.
Fang Jue didn't like Zhou Desheng very much. He was like a grassroots man who changed his mind when the wind came. But he was lucky enough to have a friendship with Lu Xin.
Otherwise, when Qin Shiyi was killing all directions in Ganzhou, Fang Jue would not deliberately transfer the Ganzhou camp to maintain the food route.
"By the way, He Feng should have arrived in Suzhou, right? Has he started rebuilding the Suzhou camp?" Wei Ran asked.
Suzhou and Liangzhou watch each other. If the Suzhou camp is not reorganized, Liangzhou will also be uneasy.
"Don't worry, General Wei. He Feng arrived in Suzhou yesterday and has written to me to discuss. He plans to support disaster relief while recruiting troops from the victims."
"This still requires negotiation. Is this always the case?" Sun Yidao said.
Wei Ran chuckled: "This Lord He is really an old man who has been in the officialdom. Is this considered worshiping the mountain?"
"Haha." Everyone chuckled, knowing that this was not just a joke.
He Feng had just arrived. Even though he was once a second-rank Gyeonggi Province military commander, only half a rank lower than the Minister of War, he was now only a third-rank Suzhou camp chief general.
And what about Fang Jue’s rank?
Young master, follow the first grade.
It was built under the supervision of the Musket Bureau, with the rank of Minister of the Second Rank.
There is also the general who conquers the north and fights against the rebellion...the second-level commander!
No matter which official position he holds, he is higher than the current He Feng. No matter where a new official goes, it is necessary to show respect to the highest local official.
Therefore, He Feng wrote a letter and said a lot of nonsense, just to show that he was not arrogant and would not ignore Shangguan based on his past achievements and background.
It cannot be said that he is a coward, but he can be said to be very aware of current affairs.
Who wouldn't like such a subordinate, who has a correct attitude and positions himself well? Even if he knows that the result will be the same whether he asks or not, he can show his correct attitude by asking.