Liu Wenbing saw the admiration in the eyes of the generals and knew that he had initially conquered them.
However, he also knew that in order for the generals to truly obey his orders, rewards alone were not enough.
So he looked at Qianhu, who was slightly fat, and shouted loudly: "Huang Deren!"
Huang Deren was a little worried before, but seeing that everyone had just received rewards, he no longer had any fear in his heart, and only looked forward to calling him earlier.
At this moment, when he heard Liu Wenbing calling his name, he was overjoyed and hurriedly stood up and said, "The general is here!"
Seeing his complacency, Liu Wenbing sneered: "In the Battle of Pi Island, as the first echelon, you not only failed to effectively attack the enemy, but instead retreated before the battle, causing two warships to be sunk by the enemy. Do you know your guilt?"
Huang Deren saw that things were completely different from what he imagined. He was stunned for a moment, then came back to his senses and denied it: "Dong An Guo, I have been wronged. I have..."
"Unjustly accused?"
"You actually have the nerve to cry out that you are wronged, do you think everyone is blind?"
After Liu Wenbing finished his words in a loud voice, he stared at him coldly.
When Huang Deren saw Liu Wenbing's gaze, his body trembled involuntarily.
Then he took a peek at Wang Dayou, Zhang Erniu and others who were in the first echelon with him. Seeing that they all had expressions of contempt, he felt even more frightened.
At this time, Liu Wenbing's voice sounded: "I will give you another chance. You must think clearly before answering!"
Huang Deren was originally a greedy and timid person. He was already frightened before. Now when he heard this, he immediately collapsed on the ground in fear.
Then he got up again, knelt down and begged for mercy: "Mr. An Guo, I have been temporarily distracted because I haven't led an army for a long time. Please forgive me for once!"
Liu Wenbing sneered and shouted angrily: "Forgive you?"
"If I spare you, what's the use of clarifying the law?"
"If I spare you, won't those more than a hundred soldiers die with their eyes open?"
"If I spare you, how can I face the parents, wives and children of those soldiers who died in vain?"
...
Under Liu Wenbing's series of angry questions, Huang Deren was so frightened that he trembled all over, his face turned pale, and he couldn't even utter a word of defense.
"Where are the left and right? Why don't I drag him out and behead him!"
Liu Wenbing glanced at Huang Deren with disdain and shouted sharply.
At this time, two mighty soldiers came in and dragged Huang Deren outside.
"Dong An Guo, I will never dare to..."
Huang Deren didn't come back to his senses until he was dragged out of the cabin and shouted for mercy, but his voice became smaller and smaller.
"ah!"
After a while, a shrill scream came from outside, and then the whole world suddenly became quiet.
"Li Wude!"
Liu Wenbing's cold voice broke the silence.
"When the last general realizes his crime, he will fight bravely to kill the enemy and never dare to be greedy for life or afraid of death!"
As Liu Wenbing's voice sounded, a fat-headed Qianhu immediately knelt down and begged for mercy.
Liu Wenbing snorted coldly and stopped talking. Instead, he waved his hand and asked the soldiers to drag Li Wude out.
After a while, another shrill scream came, and then there was deathly silence in the cabin.
"Wu Mingsheng!"
Liu Wenbing's cold voice sounded again.
There was no begging for mercy this time, because Wu Mingsheng was so frightened that he fainted.
Liu Wenbing shook his head slightly and said to the soldiers who came in: "Drag him out, strip him of his Qianhu uniform, beat him with fifty military sticks, and demote him to an ordinary soldier!"
Afterwards, Liu Wenbing scolded two more thousand households before slowly walking back to his seat.
But when he passed by Jin Hyun, he nodded approvingly.
Jin Xuan was still a little scared in his heart, but when he saw this, he felt much relieved.
It turned out that the reason why Liu Wenbing knew the situation of the generals well was because Jin Xuan gave him a pamphlet on the way back.
In this booklet, Jin Xuan has clearly recorded everyone's military exploits and other things.
After Liu Wenbing saw it, he asked him about the appearance and background of Wang Dayou and others, and this was the scene before.
As for the five hundred thousand taels of silver, Shen Zhanran learned that he was coming to Liaodong, asked Zhu Yuanzhang for instructions, and asked Zhang Erhu to bring it.
It was precisely because of this batch of money that he was able to conquer the generals so smoothly today.
After Liu Wenbing secretly thanked his friend, he glanced at the generals again.
Seeing the fear in everyone's eyes, I knew the heat was almost there.
So he calmed down his anger and said calmly: "Everyone, I am not a murderous person!"
"But if we don't get rid of the black sheep in the army, not only will military discipline be lost, but the hearts of the soldiers who fought bloody battles will also be chilled, so I have no choice but to kill them!"
"As for you all, as long as you fight bravely to kill the enemy, I promise you that Your Majesty will not be stingy with your official title, wealth, and silk!"
When everyone heard this, they stood up quickly to thank him.
Liu Wenbing nodded with satisfaction, motioned for everyone to sit down, and then said to Tian Shuying: "Tian Jianjun, I have just arrived here, and I don't know much about some situations. I would like to ask the supervisor to explain it to me!"
Tian Shuying is also a smart person, and she knows that Liu Wenbing's move is to increase her status and return her kindness for not being bullied as a concubine.
So she smiled slightly and calmly told what happened before.
After listening to Tian Shuying's story, Liu Wenbing found that she also knew about Zheng Sen's fire attack plan, and he thought highly of her.
Then he looked at Zheng Sen and said, "Colonel Zheng, I wonder how you are going to carry out your fire attack?"
After what happened just now, Zheng Sen also admired Liu Wenbing in his heart.
At this moment, when I asked, I respectfully told the plan, and at the same time looked at the other party with some worry.
Liu Wenbing was silent for a while, then looked at Zheng Sen and said: "Colonel Zheng, although your plan is good, it seems that you have missed something!"
When Zheng Sen heard this, he was shocked, but he pretended to be puzzled and said: "I wonder what Duke An Guo thinks the general has missed?"
Liu Wenbing sneered and said: "In any fire attack, weather, location, and people are all indispensable."
"At the turn of spring and summer, the sea breeze is mainly northwesterly. Although Ganghwa Bay is close to the inland, the wind is not small."
"If you light a fire from within, won't you burn yourself?"
"Even if there is no northwest wind during your battle, the wind in the fire battle can show its power. Now that you are inside and the enemy is outside, how can you burn the enemy's ships?"
Although Zheng Sen had guessed that Liu Wenbing had seen the flaw in the plan, he did not expect that the other party would take all aspects into consideration in such a short period of time, and he admired Liu Wenbing even more.
It's just that Zheng Sen has a personality that refuses to admit defeat, not to mention that he already has a way to deal with it.
At this moment, Liu Wenbing looked sarcastic and said unwillingly: "Dong An Guo, the general has already considered this matter."
"Because there is a strong northwest wind at this time, the general will choose the battlefield here, because there are Ongjin Islands in the northwest of Ganghwa Bay. The trees on the islands are lush. Even if there is wind, the wind will not be too strong."
"And according to the experience of the general, the southeast wind is very likely to blow in these two days, so our chance of success is still very high."
Liu Wenbing shook his head and said: "Captain Zheng, I know that you grew up by the sea and are very familiar with tides and wind directions."
"But when marching to fight, you must first make yourself invincible. Although you have a chance of success, you also have a risk of failure. If you don't have a good way to deal with it, I will not agree to this plan. .”
Zheng Sen also understood the meaning of Liu Wenbing's words, but when he saw the other party kill Huang Deren and others, the reasons he gave were very benevolent and righteous.
I was worried that if Liu Wenbing vetoed the plan after revealing it, the battle would be very passive, so I felt a little hesitant.
Then he saw Liu Wenbing looking at him with a relaxed expression, knowing that the other party had a good strategy and was deliberately testing him, and his unwillingness to admit defeat surged up again.
He thought for a moment and then said: "Dong An Guo, if we only leave a small number of warships to lure the enemy, most of our troops will be ambushed on Jide Island."
"After the Jurchen Navy enters Ganghwa Bay, we will take the opportunity to light a fire. If there is a northwest wind, we will burn the Korean Navy."
"If the wind blows from the southeast, we will burn the Jurchen Navy. I wonder what Duke An Guo thinks?"
Liu Wenbing was silent for a while, then shook his head again and said: "It's okay to burn the Jurchen navy. If we only burn the Korean navy, we will be trapped on an isolated island and how will we escape. This method is absolutely impossible."
Zheng Sen shook his head and said: "Dong An Guo, the fourth uncle of the last general is coming soon, and Zhang Huangyan also brought three thousand soldiers and horses to ambush Bailing Island."
"As long as there is a fire on our side, they will attack from behind the Jurchens. Coupled with our offensive on Jide Island, the Jurchens will definitely not be able to escape."
When Liu Wenbing heard this, he still shook his head and said: "This method seems feasible, but there are still two problems. The first is how can you burn the Jurchens if they don't have the entire army to enter."
"Furthermore, the view outside Ganghwa Bay is wide. They must ambush more than ten miles away to avoid being discovered."
"The journey of more than ten miles is not short. If we cannot stop the Jurchen attack, the battle may be over by the time they come. This method still needs to be perfected."
Seeing that Liu Wenbing's attitude had slowed down, Zheng Sen hesitated again.
After listening to their argument, everyone else realized that they had thought of things too simply before, and looked at Liu Wenbing with respect.
