More than a thousand White Tiger warriors all glared angrily, standing together like white clouds covering their heads, their evil aura rising to the sky.
However, with Xia Hougong pressing down in front of the formation, they did not dare to act blindly without receiving orders.
Among the thousands of soldiers under King Feng present, except for the three leaders Zheng Yu, almost all of them remained silent and looked panicked with a guilty conscience.
Lao Qian was sitting at a small table not far away, drinking a small drink and watching a show. There was a sarcastic smile on the corner of his mouth, and there was a bit of sympathy in his eyes. He knew that these people were blind and did not listen to advice. Son, I'm probably going to have bad luck today.
"Zheng Yu, I have three questions that I want you to answer."
After a brief silent confrontation, Xia Hougong spoke calmly.
Seeing that Xia Hougong didn't seem to have any intention of taking action, Zheng Yu couldn't help but feel more relaxed and said with a smile:
"General Xiahou, it's okay to say it. Zheng must say everything he knows."
Xia Hougong didn't waste any time and asked Zheng Yu directly:
"One question, in accordance with Dayan's military regulations, the main camp of the army should set up one post every three steps and take turns to guard it for twelve hours a day. There should be no vacant posts. Otherwise, if this delays the military situation and allows the enemy to take advantage of the opportunity, what should be done? Punishment for crime?"
Zheng Yu knew that Xia Hougong was asking him to hold him accountable, but he still replied matter-of-factly:
"Those who leave their posts without permission will be punished with thirty beatings with a stick, or beheaded in public display."
"good."
Xia Hougong nodded.
"Then I would like to ask General Zheng to find out who is guarding the camp in your army at the moment. For the sake of not being disrupted by the enemy, and it is only a slight degree, I will give him thirty beatings with the cane."
As soon as these words came out, there were obviously dozens of soldiers in the crowd behind Zheng Yu and the others who began to panic, and a few even began to tremble for help.
"General Zheng! What we said earlier was that the whole camp would rest and the brothers would drink and eat meat together, but we didn't say that we had to guard the camp as usual in accordance with military regulations!"
"Yes, General Zheng, we can't be considered AWOL!"
"General Zheng, no one knows that I have come to court from hundreds of countries in the Great Yan Dynasty. How can anyone dare to cross the border? Since there is no chance of war, why do we have to stick to military regulations? There is no point in standing around the camp. Measures?!"
"General Xiahou, we are not following the same king as you. You have no right to interfere in the affairs of our Xue family army. Even if you need to be punished, we will punish you behind closed doors!"
"..."
The main reason why the Xue Jiajun, the army currently led by Feng Wang Xue Shitang, was so excited when they were about to face punishment was because of the so-called "thirty beatings with a stick", which was not as simple as a few hits on the buttocks with a stick. .
The punishments and specific implementation methods were different in each dynasty.
The stick punishment of the Great Yan Dynasty was not to use an ordinary wooden stick to hit the person on the buttocks, but to use a wooden stick called "thorn wood" to execute the punishment.
What is thorn wood?
The word "thorn" means many sharp thorns.
Thornwood is a plant with a thick head covered with hard black thorns. Especially after this plant is cut down and dried, the poisonous juice inside will not evaporate, but will all pour into those sharp thorns and be stored. .
Once a sharp thorn is broken in the skin of a person or animal, these non-lethal but stinging poisons will attack the pain nerves of the human body and last for three to five days before being completely diluted into the blood. And this also means that during the three to five days when the poison takes effect, time will become extremely difficult, and some soldiers with weak endurance will even commit suicide with their swords due to the pain!
Of course, there are only a few people who commit suicide with a knife, but if there are, it is enough to show how terrifying the thorn tree is...
Xia Hougong allowed the dozens of Xue family soldiers to shout loudly.
The more than a thousand White Tiger soldiers behind him were all furious, but none of them violated the unique rules of the Shen family army and started a scolding war without receiving the order from the commander-in-chief.
In the end, it was Zheng Yu who raised his hand high to restore calm to the situation.
"General Xiahou, although what we did is a little against the rules, isn't it a rare time for our brothers to open up and be arrogant? Why don't you, General Xiahou, just turn a blind eye and spare them this time? Zheng promises , after today, there will definitely be no more unattended situations in the camp."
Xia Hougong looked down at Zheng Yu indifferently due to the height difference.
"General Zheng intends to bend the law for personal gain?"
Zheng Yu frowned, and seeing that Xia Hougong had no intention of backing down, he simply stopped smiling.
"Hmph, the officers and soldiers of the Xue family army are all under the command of King Feng. Even if I have to be punished, I, the general, will only listen to King Feng's orders."
"When the general is not in the camp, the deputy general is in charge of the power. When the deputy general is not in the camp, the commander is in charge of the power. When the commander is not in the camp, the governor is in charge of the power... Such a level of power is decentralized. Based on this, you Zheng Yu still Can’t you be the one who orders punishment?”
Although both Xia Hougong and Zheng Yu have been guarding this mountain for many years, they can count the number of conversations between them on both hands.
In the past, Xia Hougong was just as boring as a mute in Zheng Yu's eyes.
Who would have thought that when Xia Hougong talked a lot, he could be so unreasonable and unforgiving, so much so that Zheng Yu didn't know how to refute him!
"General Xiahou, do we have to stalemate our relationship?"
In his words, Zheng Yu, who was unreasonable, already had a somewhat threatening tone, meaning that you, Xiahou Gong, don't think you are so great. If you offend Prince Feng to death, you may not be able to return to Jinzhou with your life in the future!
However, in the early years, the Shen family army had never received any battlefield rescue from the Great Flame Division. After all, few outsiders had ever seen such an invincible style.
Few people have witnessed the legendary domineering and arrogant Shen Jiajun.
Xia Hougong, who was very smart and subtle, heard Zheng Yu's threat, but he didn't take it to heart at all!
"I just discuss the matter and abide by military regulations in accordance with the law."
Xia Hougong's refusal to give in put Zheng Yu into a situation where he had to retreat.
If Zheng Yu insists on not punishing his soldiers in public——
As a result, his subordinates will gradually relax the tight strings in their minds. If anything happens in the future, as long as they decide the punishment themselves, they will bring up what happened today and ask, "Can you let it go last time?" If you let others go, why can’t you let me go this time?”
Secondly, once Xiahou Gong admits his death and has to tell the truth, and then reports the matter to the commander-in-chief Zhu Mo, or simply sends the news back to the Jin Palace, then his master, Prince Feng, will be blamed in front of the new emperor. .
When King Feng gets angry after being scolded by the new emperor, will he be able to do well?
After thinking about it, Zheng Yu's expression gradually became cloudy and uncertain.
However, Xia Hougong still had a decisive attitude of "I won't leave today unless you give me the order." In desperation, Zheng Yu had no choice but to suppress his anger and shouted:
"Those who are on duty today, come out!"
