In the quiet Youyi Mountain, there was no sound except for the sound of the whip colliding with the body, which sounded over and over again, not clear and crisp, just like a person stepping on the mud, making a popping sound.
This feeling is unbearable, at least Zhuo Ke thinks so. Every time the whip falls, his heart will twitch involuntarily.
Only Niu Chao watched the fall of the whip as if nothing had happened, thinking about what methods to use next time to prevent people from passing out so quickly. Can a caning that makes people unconscious still be called a punishment?
Finally, the ordeal of whipping was over. Lexi looked at her sister lying on the ground, twitching from time to time, her face as pale as a piece of paper.
Two female servants carried Leyu down and handed him over to the military doctors for treatment.
Soon, someone pushed the two paralyzed officers to the ground, and Lexi gave them a hundred lashes each. The screams rang out several times and then stopped abruptly. When the two were finally carried away, there was no intact place on their bodies.
The long execution was finally over, and many people breathed a sigh of relief. This process was so painful that it made people feel as if the sun had fallen asleep today, always hanging in the sky and refusing to set.
Wu Gen glanced around the crowd. Wherever his eyes went, everyone lowered their heads and did not dare to look at him.
Wu Gen didn't want to say anything, and it was impressive that he didn't get hit even once even though he said it a hundred times. Just as he was about to leave with Baoxiang and others, Lexi strode to Wu Gen and said, "Sir, today's execution is not over yet."
Wu Gen was slightly startled and sighed, "As long as the principal culprit is punished."
"No, sir, the real main culprit is me. It was my lax discipline, indulging my subordinates, and losing face that caused today's situation. I am the one who deserves the punishment." Lexi knelt down on one knee and held the cup in both hands. The bloody whip said loudly.
"No need, that's enough." Wu Gen whispered, without looking at the man at his feet.
"Sir, please allow me to punish myself." Lexi still held up the whip stubbornly.
After a moment of silence, Wu Gen turned around and said, "Thirty." Seeing what Lexi wanted to say, "The fight is over. Lead the troops well the next day. Don't lie in bed and pretend to be dead."
Lexi nodded solemnly, exposed her upper body, and raised the whip in her hand to hit her body. The sound of whips sounded again, but the atmosphere was even more gloomy than before. Tudan and the other officers were silent as they looked at Lexi, who was gritting his teeth and trying to hold on with blood streaks on his body.
The sound of snapping was heard, and everyone's bodies were shivering with chills, and they kept reciting military discipline in their hearts. Because they know that the next time they or their subordinates make a mistake, they may be the ones kneeling there.
After the thirty lashes were over, Lexi put her hands on the ground and gasped, "Thank you for your tolerance, sir."
Wu Gen, however, turned around and walked away without saying a word.
After returning to the house, Wu Gen immediately asked Baoxiang to take full charge of military discipline. For such a rapidly growing army, military discipline is like the pillars and walls. If they are even slightly loose, the entire team will collapse.
After experiencing this turmoil, the atmosphere of the Fearless Army has improved a lot, and it finally looks like a decent soldier.
As winter passes and spring comes, the warm spring breeze blows on the earth, and everything gradually revives. Bees and butterflies fly across the earth, stirring up the colorful flowers.
On Youyi Mountain, after a winter of military training, everything is thriving. Although the Fearless Army still numbered a thousand people, they already had the appearance of a powerful force. But in this tranquility, Wu Gen could always feel some uneasiness.
The Lu family frequently adjusted their troops and horses. Lu Qing also paid a lot of attention to the formation of the Fearless Army and came more often.
On this day, Wu Genzheng and a group of soldiers were playing a game of pot throwing in the camp. Different from the literati game, each person has a wooden stick more than ten feet long in his hand, which must be accurately thrown into a stone urn two hundred steps away. Next to the stone urn, wooden sticks were scattered across the ground, and only one or two wooden sticks fell into the urn accurately.
From time to time, the mountains echoed with the cheers and sighs of soldiers, lamenting the pitchers' performance and teasing those who sneaked a few steps over the line to achieve good results.
Unlike Xue Xin, Zhang Wuyang usually not only trains soldiers, but also organizes soldiers to play some confrontation games to inspire military morale and harmonize the relationship between soldiers.
Wu Gen lay on the chair without any image, facing a person
A soldier who threw a stick into a stone urn threw out a wine bag. Everyone has long been accustomed to the habit of this Qianhu master. He likes to be called the leader of the village. As long as it is not training or fighting, you can make fun of him.
Zhuo Ke hurriedly came from a distance and looked at Wu Gen who was looking up and laughing but hesitated to speak.
Wu Gen threw out all the wine bags beside him, stood up and walked to Zhuo Ke's side, his smile gradually faded, "But there's something urgent."
Zhuo Ke took out a piece of paper from his sleeve and walked side by side with Wu Gen, "Ye Canjun sent news from Maojing City that the Lu family may want to take action against some affiliated families. The most likely one at present is the Meng family. He asked us to see if we could take advantage of this opportunity."
Wu Gen read the note carefully, frowned and thought for a moment, "Let's go to the house to discuss the matter and call Captain Bao and the others."
Soon, Bao Xiang, Zhang Wuyang, Tu Dan, Lexi and others gathered in Wu Gen's house, which also served as the meeting hall of Youshan Fearless Army.
After passing the note around, Wu Gen looked at the people in the hall with a smile, "What do you think, should we participate in this?"
Baoxiang held the small tea cup with his thick fingers, pretending to be reserved, and completely lost his previous recklessness, "I think we can make a dozen. The Meng family only has a thousand households. Although we have worked hard these days to recruit people, Only a thousand people were saved.
But if we defeat the Meng family and capture the most important members of the clan, wouldn't we save a lot of time in training our troops? There is only one at the moment. With such a big temptation here, will other families rush in? Will the Lu family let us eat this bite of meat? "
Wu Gen nodded at Baoxiang with an encouraging look on his face. It is said that since arriving at Youyi Mountain, Wu Gen, who is lazy by nature, has put most of the burden on Baoxiang without exception. Thanks to the heavy responsibility, he has grown rapidly and has become much calmer when speaking and doing things in front of others.
Zhang Wuyang raised his hand to Wu Gen and said, "Master of the village, I agree with Bao Xiaowei that we can fight. However, I am a bit puzzled. This matter has not been launched yet. It must be a secret of the Lu family. How did Ye Canjun know about it?" .
Can we try to find out how he got the information? If we can get the cooperation of the Lu family, it will be easier for us to fight. Otherwise, if we forcefully take down a family, even if we finally capture it, our fearless army will probably suffer a lot of casualties. "
"Yes. The leader of the village." Tu Dan also spoke, but like Zhang Wuyang, he changed his name to Wu Gen as the leader of the village. "Every family has its own uniqueness in being able to establish a foothold in Kuntian Continent. Like the Meng family. , the most famous one is the Wolf Soldier."
"Wolf soldiers?" Wu Gen was startled, and suddenly remembered Niu Ye's giant mastiff, "They are also good at driving wild beasts to fight."
"Exactly." As soon as Tudan finished speaking, he realized that Wu Gen had misunderstood his words. "It's not that we are driving wolves to fight, but that we are riding on wolves to kill, just like we ride horses."
"Ride a wolf." Wu Gen scratched his head, wondering how the Meng family tamed these beasts.
Tudan continued to explain: "These wolves have been tamed by the Meng family's secret techniques. They are quite tall, just like our war horses. They are also very fierce. When ordinary horses encounter wolf soldiers, let alone charge, they will turn around and run away." It's possible. Therefore, many families don't want to encounter the Meng family because they would suffer too much.
Having said that, I will continue the topic of Captain Bao. In fact, if we attack the Meng family, not many people will rob us because they want different things. Our fearless army attacks the Meng family in search of people and wealth. The other families coveted the city and the land, and there was no major conflict with each other. Read the book
Moreover, if they attack the Meng family head-on and encounter wolf soldiers, the casualties will be too great. These families wish that someone would die for them, while they follow behind to pick up the spoils of war. It just depends on whether the Lu family is willing to share some of the profits and go out. "
After listening to Tudan's words, Wu Gen nodded repeatedly, and the others were also thoughtful. According to what Tu Dan said, that was really the case. It was in the interest of each family to let the fearless army attack the Meng family and avoid unnecessary casualties.
"Haha, what Tu Dan said is true. Since the various families have no objections, I will send someone to send a letter to Ye Ziming later. I will go to the Lu family more and take this matter down." Wu Gen smiled with a smile on his face and sat up straight. Somewhat. After being punished, Tudan seemed to have enlightened himself. He repeatedly made pertinent suggestions, and they were all on point.
Tu Dan smiled slightly and raised his hand to Wu Gengong, "Captain, in fact, the Lu family is not a big obstacle. They definitely want our Fearless Army to take over this matter."
"Hey, why did you say that?" Wu Gen raised his eyebrows and leaned towards Tu Dan.
"Fortress Master, Iron Shou Province is currently in a fuss over the restructuring. In fact, it is not the Ji family that is taking the lead in the restructuring, but the Lu family. Your Excellency, you have been on Panshi Road for some time. You can see that the Lu family controls A lot of cities were built to separate various small families.
These cities were originally owned by some small families. After the Lu family wiped them out, they sent some of their own children to become city lords and were directly under the command of Maojing City. Only a small number of garrison soldiers were allowed to remain in the city. If there was a war, Maojing City would need to be guarded. Jingcheng dispatches troops uniformly, as is the case with Liu'an City next to us.
The removal of city directors in these places is decided by the head of the Lu family. What is the difference between this and the human race's county system? It is just not stated clearly, so there is a strange situation where the direct subordinates of counties and counties are mixed with those affiliated to other families. .
Village leader, think about it, if you were the head of the Lu family, would you want other small families to participate in such a thing as attacking the Meng family? Why not use your own troops? Maybe you would have to share the gains with other families. In this way, we not only have to use our own troops, but also don't feel too bad about killing them all. We are the only ones in the fearless army. Who knows that we are relying on someone else and not a close confidant of the Lu family. "
"Ahem." Wu Gen, who was pretending to drink tea, was choked and coughed repeatedly. Tudan's words can be said to awaken the dreamer. No wonder Lu Qing has been working more diligently these days. It turns out that this is what he had in mind.
Putting down the teacup, Wu Gen sighed in his heart. After he tortured Tudan, he had thought of driving him away. Fortunately, he hesitated for a moment, and it was only then that he realized that there was indeed something in Tudan's belly.
Therefore, the old saying is true, it takes time to judge a person's heart, and you must not arbitrarily declare death in a person's heart just based on the first impression.
Unable to hold back his joy, Wu Gen simply stood up, walked up to Tu Dan, and patted his shoulder heavily, "That's great. After listening to your words, I suddenly became enlightened."
Tu Dan quickly stood up and said humbly: "Zhai leader, you don't have to be like this. I'm just relying on my familiarity with Panshi Road and talking nonsense. If the fight actually starts, it depends on Bao Xiaowei, Zhang Commander and Music Chief." .”
Wu Gen pursed his lips and nodded, "No matter what, you have made the first contribution, and we will reward you again after the Meng family is defeated."
Walking back to his seat, Wu Gen raised his eyes and looked at everyone, "The matter of beating the Meng family has been decided. The next step is to discuss how to beat them."
Baoxiang patted the table and felt helpless, "These wolf soldiers are fierce and can restrain our cavalry. It would be great if our horses were not afraid of wolves. Also, we need to find out the secrets of the Meng family as soon as possible, in case there is something hidden." What old monster is wrong?"
Wu Gen lowered his head and thought for a while, then said calmly, "Okay, let's take a three-pronged approach. I'll figure out a way to deal with the wolf soldiers. Lexi's place needs to carefully select some outstanding shooters, preferably those who can surpass The shooting range of ordinary cavalry. In addition, Li Qi sent a message to Ye Ziming, asking him to move more and try to get the Lu family to support us in using troops against the Meng family, and at the same time, we must provide certain cooperation and support."
Li Qi, who was sitting in Jie Luo, remained silent and just nodded slightly.
